Verse 23
23. The king’s commandment The king here referred to is not David, who originally arranged and made provision for the Levites, (1 Chronicles 23-26 ,) but the Persian king, Artaxerxes, who gave commandment concerning them to Ezra. Compare his decree, Ezra 7:12-26.
A certain portion אמנה , a firm, or sure agreement, a covenant. The English version gives the view of many interpreters, who understand that a stipulated allowance of food was granted to the singers. But the Hebrew may be thus literally rendered: and an agreement was upon the singers, a matter of day in its day. That is, the singers were bound by a settled agreement to perform a certain amount of service on each particular day. Each day had its own matter of service for these singers. Perhaps, however, the thought of allowance may also be included.
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