~ of the singers and ~ 16_NEH_12_46  For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. #, 16_NEH_12_47  And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion, and they sanctified [holy things] unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified [them] unto the children of Aaron. #,