People of the Bible

Chenaniah

The name Chenaniah means “preparation, or disposition, or strength, of the Lord.” Chenaniah is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Chronicles 15:22.

Who was Chenaniah?

Whom Jehovah hath made. “Chief of the Levites,” probably a Kohathite (1 Chr. 15:22), and therefore not the same as mentioned in 26:29.

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Chenaniah

  • 1 Chronicles 15:22

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

  • 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.

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