1 Chronicles 15:23
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
In Context
22Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:4“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
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 →