1 Chronicles 15:23

And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

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And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

In Context

22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, because he was expert.

24And Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, made music on the horns before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark.

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Cross References

2 Kings 22:4Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

1 Chronicles 9:21Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 15:2-25

The Removal of the Ark. ( b. c. 1047.) 1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of… Read the whole commentary →

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