King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.
Complete Jewish Bible:
K'nanyahu, chief of the L'vi'im, was in charge of the singing; he was put in charge of the singing because he was skillful at it.
Berean Standard Bible:
Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
American Standard Version:
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
And Chenaniah{H3663}, chief{H8269} of the Levites{H3881}, was for song{H4853}: he instructed{H3256} about the song{H4853}, because he was skilful{H995}.
Cross-References (KJV):
1 Chronicles 15:27
- And David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him an ephod of linen.
1 Chronicles 15:16
- And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
1 Chronicles 25:7
- So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, [even] all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
1 Chronicles 25:8
- ¶ And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
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Commentary for 1 Chronicles 15:22
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3663
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כְּנַנְיָה
Transliteration: Kᵉnanyâh
Pronunciation: ken-an-yaw'
Description: or כְּנַנְיָהוּ; from כָּנַן and יָהּ; Jah has planted; Kenanjah, an Israelite; Chenaniah. - Strong's Number: H8269
There are 368 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שַׂר
Transliteration: sar
Pronunciation: sar
Description: from שָׂרַר; a head person (of any rank or class); captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward. - Strong's Number: H3881
There are 258 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לֵוִיִּי
Transliteration: Lêvîyîy
Pronunciation: lay-vee-ee'
Description: or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite. - Strong's Number: H4853
There are 60 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַשָּׂא
Transliteration: massâʼ
Pronunciation: mas-saw'
Description: from נָשָׂא; a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire; burden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute. - Strong's Number: H3256
There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָסַר
Transliteration: yâçar
Pronunciation: yaw-sar'
Description: a primitive root; to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct; bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach. - Strong's Number: H995
There are 162 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בִּין
Transliteration: bîyn
Pronunciation: bene
Description: a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand; attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).