Neh 12:46 | NET2full | STEP | For long ago , in the days of David and Asaph , there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God .

‏ Nehemiah 12:46

46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors ^{▼▼tn Heb “heads.” The translation reads with the Qere the plural רֹאשֵׁי (roʾshe, “heads”) rather than the Kethib singular רֹאשׁ (roʾsh, “head”) of the MT.} for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.