Nehemiah 12:45
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For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.

2 Kings 7:10
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.

1 Chronicles 25:1
Moreover David and the chief officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Idithun: to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office.

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For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.

the singers.

1 Chronicles 25:1-26:32 Moreover David and the chief officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Idithun: to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office. . . .

the ward.

1 Chronicles 23:28 And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 23:6 And let no one come into the house of the Lord, but the priests, and they that minister of the Levites: let them only come in, because they are sanctified: and let all the rest of the people keep the watches of the Lord.

Context
Provisions for Temple Worship
44And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. 45For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.46And all Israel, in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Nehemiah gave portions to the singing men, and to the porters, day by day, and they sanctified the Levites, and the Levites sanctified the sons of Aaron.…
Lexicon
They performed
וַֽיִּשְׁמְר֞וּ (way·yiš·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the service
מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת (miš·me·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

of their God
אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and the service
וּמִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת (ū·miš·me·reṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

of purification,
הַֽטָּהֳרָ֔ה (haṭ·ṭā·ho·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2893: Ceremonial purification, moral purity

along with the singers
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים (wə·ham·šō·rə·rîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7891: To sing

and gatekeepers,
וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים (wə·haš·šō·‘ă·rîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7778: A gatekeeper

as David
דָּוִ֖יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and his son
בְנֽוֹ׃ (ḇə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

had prescribed.
כְּמִצְוַ֥ת (kə·miṣ·waṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4687: Commandment


Additional Translations
They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and'so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

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

And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [and] of Solomon his son.

And they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing -- according to the command of David and Solomon his son,
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Accordance Charge Clean Command Commandment Commands David Door-Keepers Duty Gatekeepers Kept Making Music-Makers Performed Porters Purification Responsible Service Singers Solomon Together Ward Watch Worship
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