Nehemiah 12:46

46 For in the days of David Asaph was originally first of the singers, and hymns and praise to God.

Nehemiah 12:46 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:46

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of
the singers
Persons appointed over the rest to instruct them, and see that they did their work aright, as besides Asaph, Haman, and Jeduthun, and their sons, ( 1 Chronicles 25:2-8 )

and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God;
such were made by them, some under divine inspiration, which bear the names of David and Asaph, as may be observed in the book of Psalms.

Nehemiah 12:46 In-Context

44 And in that day they appointed men over the treasuries, for the treasures, the first-fruits, and the tithes, and the chiefs of the cities who were assembled among them, portions for the priests and Levites: for joy in Juda over the priests and over the Levites that waited.

45 And they kept the charges of their God, and the charges of the purification, and the singers and the porters, according to the commandments of David and his son Solomon.

46 For in the days of David Asaph was originally first of the singers, and hymns and praise to God.

47 And all Israel in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Neemias, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, a daily rate: and consecrated them to the Levites: and the Levites consecrated them to the sons of Aaron.