^{45 Ref} 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.

^{46 Ref} For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

^{47 Ref} And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart `that which was' for the Levites; and the Levites set apart `that which was' for the sons of Aaron.