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 (2 Chronicles 31:12-13).

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

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.