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- Beth Gilgal...Geba and Azmaveth...Jerusalem - These are the names of places. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names)
- for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem - "for the singers lived in musical communities they had built in places surrounding Jerusalem."
- The priests and the Levites purified - This refers to a process of ritually purifying everything participating in the dedication ceremony: leaders, participants, instruments, buildings, even the walls themselves.