This can be written as a new sentence. "As a result, the priests and the singers who performed the service had gone away, each to his own field."
## the singers ##
AT: "the musicians"
## Why is the house of God neglected? ##
This is a rhetorical question since Nehemiah uses it to challenge or even ridicule the officials who had not done their work. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])