1 Chronicles 15:23

And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

In Context

22And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.

24And Sebenias, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharias, and Banaias, and Eliezer the priests, sounded with trumpets, before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehias were porters of the ark.

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Cross References

2 Kings 22:4Go to Helcias the high priest, that the money may be put together which is brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers of the temple have gathered of the people.

1 Chronicles 9:21And Zacharias the son of Mosollamia, was porter of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony:

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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