Dictionaries :: Conaniah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Conaniah:

whom Jehovah hath set, a Levite placed over the tithes brought into the temple (2Ch 35:9).

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Conaniah:

kon-a-ni'-a (konanyahu, "Jah has rounded or sustained"; the King James Version Cononiah):

(1) A Levite, appointed with his brother Shimei by Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God, to be overseer of the oblations and tithes and the dedicated things (2Ch 31:12,13).

(2) One of the chiefs of the Levites mentioned in connection with the passover celebration in Josiah's reign (2Ch 35:9).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Conaniah:

(made by Jehovah) one of the chiefs of the Levites in the time of Josiah (2 Chronicles 35:9) (B.C. 628)