1 Chronicles 15:23

And Berechyah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

In Context

22And Kenanyahu was the chief of the Levites in conducting the singing: he instructed in conducting the singing, because he was skilful.

24And Shebanyahu, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and 'Amassai, and Zecharyahu, and Benayahu, and Eli'ezer, the priests, did blow on the trumpets before the ark of God; and 'Obed-edom and Jechiyah were gatekeepers for the ark.

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Cross References

2 Kings 22:4Go up to Chilkiyahu the high-priest, that he may collect up all the money which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the door-keepers have gathered from the people:

1 Chronicles 9:21[And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemyah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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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