New Revised Standard Version
Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music, for he understood it.

Contemporary English Version
Chenaniah was chosen to be the music director, because he was a skilled musician.

New American Bible
Chenaniah was the chief of the Levites in the singing; he directed the singing, for he was skillful.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.

And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.

for.

1 Chronicles 15:16,27 And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites, to appoint some of their brethren to be singers with musical instruments, to wit, on psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, that the joyful noise might resound on high. . . .

he instructed

1 Chronicles 25:7,8 And the number of them with their brethren, that taught the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred and eighty-eight. . . .