1 Chronicles 15:22

And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

In Context

21And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias and Obededom, and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sung a song of victory for the octave upon harps.

23And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that carried the ark, and the singing men, and Chonenias the ruler of the prophecy among the singers: and David also had on him an ephod of linen.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 15:2-25

The Removal of the Ark. ( b. c. 1047.) 1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of… Read the whole commentary →

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