the king's.

1 Chronicles 9:33
Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.

Ezra 6:8, 9
I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered. . . .

Ezra 7:20-24
And if anything else is needed for the house of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may pay for it from the royal treasury. . . .

a certain portion.