KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Chronicles 15:24
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
WEB World English Bible
Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
ASV American Standard Version
And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests, are blowing with trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah are gatekeepers for the ark.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 15
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.
27 And David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him an ephod of linen.
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וּשְׁבַנְיָ֡הוּH7645 · she.van.yahShebaniahוְיֽוֹשָׁפָ֡טH3146 · yo.sha.phatJoshaphatוּנְתַנְאֵ֡לH5417 · ne.tan.elNethanelוַעֲמָשַׂ֡יH6022 · a.ma.sayAmasaiוּ֠זְכַרְיָהוּH2148 · ze.khar.yahZechariahוּבְנָיָ֤הוּH1141 · be.na.yahBenaiahוֶֽאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙H461 · e.li.e.zerEliezerהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםH3548 · ko.henpriestמַחְצְרִים֙H2690 · cha.tsarto blowבַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹתH2689 · cha.tso.tse.rahtrumpetלִפְנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאֲר֣וֹןH727 · a.ronarkהָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוְעֹבֵ֤דH5654 · o.ved e.domObed-edomאֱדֹם֙H5654 · o.ved e.domObed-edomוִֽיחִיָּ֔הH3174 · ye.chiy.yahJehiahשֹׁעֲרִ֖יםH7778 · sho.ergatekeeperלָאָרֽוֹן׃H727 · a.ronark
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 16:6Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.1 Chronicles 15:28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.Numbers 10:8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.1 Chronicles 15:23And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.2 Chronicles 5:12-13Also the Levites [which were] the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)Joel 2:15Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:Psalm 81:13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!1 Chronicles 15:18And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.Joel 2:1Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for [it is] nigh at hand;
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