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1 Paralipomenon 15:22

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

Challoner: The prophecy, to give out the tunesSinging praises to God is here called prophecy: the more, because these singers were often inspired men.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Chonenias autem princeps Levitarum, prophetiæ præerat, ad præcinendam melodiam : erat quippe valde sapiens.
Septuagint (Swete): καὶ Κωνενιὰ ἄρχων τῶν Λευειτῶν ἄρχων τῶν ᾠδῶν, ὅτι συνετὸς ἦν.
Hebrew (WLC): וּכְנַנְיָ֥הוּ שַֽׂר הַלְוִיִּ֖ם בְּמַשָּׂ֑א יָסֹר֙ בַּמַּשָּׂ֔א כִּ֥י מֵבִ֖ין הֽוּא

Haydock's commentary

The prophecy. Singing praises to God is here called prophecy: the more, because these singers were often inspired men. (Challoner)

Hebrew Massa signifies a song, (Haydock) elevation, (Calmet) burden. (Syriac) So the Vulgate has onus Moab, &c., the burden or dreadful prediction against Moab. (Calmet)

Prophecy often denotes no more than a melodious canticle, 1 Kings x. 10. (Haydock)

Chonenias directed all this music. Septuagint simply style him "prince of the Levites, prince of the musicians" (Calmet) or archon ton odon (who gave out the songs) "because he was intelligent." (Haydock)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.