Chenaniah (chief of the Levites)
그나냐 (레위 사람의 족장)
Named at 1 Chronicles 15:22: “Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.” 15:27 says that David 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”. The Korean Revised Version reads 노래에 익숙하므로 노래를 주장하여 사람에게 가르치는 자요, Chenaniah, skilled in song, was over the singing and taught others (15:22), and calls him 그 두목 그나냐, Chenaniah their chief (15:27).
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- 1CH 15:16–24, engwebp
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.
17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
20and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;
21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.
23Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
- 1CH 15:25–28, engwebp
25So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant up out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.
26When God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
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.
28Thus all Israel brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed instruments and harps.
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Took part in (2) — The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan with their brothers, the doorkeepers for the ark, and the priests who blow the trumpets, David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands go to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant up out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy
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Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.
David 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.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Chenaniah (chief of the Levites) (person-chenaniah-levites) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/chenaniah-levites Current wording: Named at 1 Chronicles 15:22: “Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.” 15:27 says that David 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”. The Korean Revised Version reads 노래에 익숙하므로 노래를 주장하여 사람에게 가르치는 자요, Chenaniah, skilled in song, was over the singing and taught others (15:22), and calls him 그 두목 그나냐, Chenaniah their chief (15:27). Cited evidence: 1CH 15:16–24, engwebp / 1CH 15:25–28, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.