1 Chronicles 15:22

WEB

²²Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.

KJV

²²And Chenaniah^[+], chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

BSB

²²^[+] Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.

FBV

²²Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites in singing, was chosen to lead the music because of his ability.

Extra References

1 Chronicles 25:7-8

⁷The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to the LORD, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight. ⁸They cast lots for their offices, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student.

1 Chronicles 15:16

¹⁶David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.

1 Chronicles 15:27

²⁷David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the choir master with the singers; and David had an ephod of linen on him.