KJV King James Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.
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1 Chronicles 15:23
And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.
WEB World English Bible
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
ASV American Standard Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Berechiah and Elkanah are gatekeepers for the ark.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 15
20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.
24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
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2 Kings 22:4Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:2 Kings 25:18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:Psalm 84:10For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.1 Chronicles 9:21-23[And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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