Person Old Testament
Chenani
Also known as Chenani =ESV, KJV; Kenani =NIV
Chenani was a Levite who led the people in confession and worship. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 9:4.
Why it matters. Levite who led the people in confession
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Chenani
Chenani is mentioned in Neh.9.4 as one of the Levites who stood on the stairs and led the people in a prayer of confession and worship during the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. He is listed alongside other Levites such as Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani. The prayer they led acknowledged God's faithfulness, recounted Israel's history, and confessed the nation's sins.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)