1 Chronicles 9:20

9:20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him.

1 Chronicles 12:4

12:4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, one of the thirty warriors and their leader,

(12:5)

¹ Jeremiah,

Jahaziel,

Johanan,

Jozabad the Gederathite,

1 Chronicles 15:22

15:22 Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter; ² 

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¹ sn In the Hebrew text (BHS) a verse division occurs at this point, and for the remainder of the chapter the verse numbers of the Hebrew Bible differ by one from the English Bible. Thus 1 Chr 12:4b ET = 12:5 HT, and 12:5-40 ET = 12:6-41 HT. Beginning with 13:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

² tn Heb “and Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, with lifting up, supervising with lifting up, for he was well-informed.” The precise nuance of מַשָּׂא (masa’, “lifting up”) is unclear. Some understand it as a reference to supervising the singing and music (e.g., NIV: “Kenaniah…was in charge of the singing”; NEB: “Kenaniah…was precentor in charge of the music”).