1 Chronicles 15:23
Berechiah and Elkanah were appointed to guard the Ark.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
In Context
22Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites in singing, was chosen to lead the music because of his ability.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:4“Go to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money the doorkeepers have collected from the people coming to the Lord's Temple.
1 Chronicles 9:21Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to 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 →