1st Chronicles Chapter 15 verse 22 Holy Bible
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, because he was expert.
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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites for the music, gave instruction in music, for he was skilful.
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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
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Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
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And Chenaniah, head of the Levites, `is' over the burden; he instructeth about the burden, for he `is' intelligent.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - For song. There is considerable diversity of opinion as to the meaning of this word. Some think its meaning to be "in the carrying (בַּמַּשָּׂא)" i.e. of the ark. Its exact position here seems not unfavourable to such interpretation. On the other hand, its position in ver. 27 seems conclusively to point to the translation of the Septuagint and of our Authorized Version in this place as the correct one. Dr. Murphy, however, to escape this, thinks "with the singers" in ver. 27 to be a "copyist's inadvertent repetition."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) Rather, And Chenaniah, captain (i.e., conductor) of the Levites in bearing (that is, the sacred vessels), was conducting the bearing, because he was skilled--scil., in the traditional regulations connected with bearing the Ark duly and rightly.Chenaniah.--1Chronicles 15:27, and 1Chronicles 26:29.Chief of the Levites.--Not one of the six princes (1Chronicles 15:5-10), or heads of houses, but president of the carriage of the Ark.Was for song.--So the LXX., which reads "leader of the songs;" but the Syriac has "bore the burden daily" and although the word massa--i.e., "lifting up," or "bearing"--might mean "lifting up the voice," (1) the context is against that meaning here, for Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were conductors of the singing and music; (2) Chenaniah is nowhere else associated with music (see Note on 1Chronicles 26:29); (3) the word massa, "bearing," has the sense we have given it when used in relation to Levites (Numbers 4:19; 2Chronicles 35:3). . . .
