1 Chronicles 15:23
Berechiah and Elkanah were guards for the ark.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
In Context
22Kenaniah, leader of the Levites, was the director of the singing because he was a teacher of music.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:4“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and tell him to count the money that has been brought into the house of Yahweh, which the temple guards have gathered from the people.
1 Chronicles 9:21Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was guard of the entrance to the temple, 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 →