They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated. ¹ 

He will take your daughters to be ointment makers, cooks, and bakers.

The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128.

The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.

and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them ¹  (for they were tentmakers ²  by trade). ³ 

From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children ¹  of God.

Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered ¹  the city wall of Jerusalem ²  as far as the Broad Wall.

All these idolaters ¹  will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. ²  There is no breath in any of those idols. ³ 

All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

That is why those who speak in proverbs ¹  say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established! ² 

For they were under royal orders ¹  which determined their activity day by day. ² 

The singers ¹  were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites

Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, ¹  in the midst of young women playing tambourines. ² 

Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people ¹  of Zion delight in their king! ² 

Those who make cloth ¹  will be demoralized; ²  all the hired workers will be depressed. ³ 

Beware of the dogs, ¹  beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh! ² 

When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who together with his colleagues ¹  was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.

and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.