CONANIAH.1. A Levite who had charge of the tithes and offerings in the time of Hezekiah (2Ch_31:12-13). 2. A chief of the Levites in Josiahs reign (2Ch_35:9); called in 1Es_1:9 Jeconias.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
2Ch_35:9.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Conani'ah. (made by Jehovah). One of the chiefs of the Levites, in the time of Josiah. 2Ch_35:9. (B.C. 628).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
kon-a-nı̄?a (כּונניהוּ, kōnanyāhū, ?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, 2Ch_31:13).
(2) One of the chiefs of the Levites mentioned in connection with the passover celebration in Josiah's reign (2Ch_35:9).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Conaniah
(Heb. in the text Kaonanya'hu, כָּוֹנִנְיָהוּ, i.e. Konanya'hu, כּוֹנִנְיָהוּ, but as read in the Masoretic margin, Kananya'hu, כָּנִנְיָהוּ; settled by Jehovah; Sept. Χωνενίας v. r. Χωχενίας, Vulg. Chonenias), the name of two chief Levites.
1. A person appointed (with his brother Shimei) as ruler (נָגִיד) by Hezekiah, to superintend the disposal of the sacred utensils of the Temple (2Ch_31:12-13, where the Auth. Vers. Anglicizes the name Cononiah). B.C. 726.
2. A person who, with several of his kindred, made large offerings for the Paschal sacrifices as renewed by Josiah (2Ch_35:9). B.C. 628.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.