For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, as required every day.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
King's. David's, (chap. xii. 24,) or perhaps the Persian monarch, who had appointed a maintenance for the priests, 1 Esdras vi., and vii. (Calmet)
Order. Hebrew, "that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. "(Protestants)
