John Gill, on Neh 11:18

“All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.”

“For it was the king's commandment concerning them,.... Either of King David as some, see Neh 12:24 or rather of the king of Persia: that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day; he settled a daily salary for them, to be paid out of his treasury; having perhaps a peculiar respect for such sort of men, being a lover of music, by means of which they had a settled habitation in Jerusalem.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.