the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
Judith 11:23
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Præceptum quippe regis super eos erat, et ordo in cantoribus per dies singulos,
Praeceptum quippe regis super eos erat, et ordo in cantoribus per dies singulos.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the king's: 1 Chronicles 9:33, Ezra 6:8, Ezra 6:9, Ezra 7:20-24
a certain portion: or, a sure ordinance
Reciprocal: Exodus 16:4 - a certain rate every day 2 Kings 25:30 - a daily rate
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For it was the king's commandment concerning them,.... Either of King David as some, see Nehemiah 12:24 or rather of the king of Persia:
that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day; he settled a daily salary for them, to be paid out of his treasury; having perhaps a peculiar respect for such sort of men, being a lover of music, by means of which they had a settled habitation in Jerusalem.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The goodwill of Artaxerxes toward the ministers employed in the temple service, had been previously shown by his exempting them from taxation of every kind Ezra 7:24. Now, it would seem, he had gone further and assigned to the singers an allowance from the royal revenue.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 23. It was the king's commandment — By the king some understand David, and others Artaxerxes. It is most probable that it was the latter; who wished that a provision should be made for these, a part of whose office was to offer up prayers also, as well as praises. For we know that Darius made an ample provision for the priests, that they might offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven; and pray for the life of the king and of his sons, Ezra 6:10. Some have thought that they had been Jewish singers employed in the service of the Persian king, to whom he had given a salary, and to whom he wished still to continue the same.
