1 Chronicles 15:23 “Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.”

1 Chronicles 15:23

Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

World English Bible

Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

American Standard Version

And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Berechiah and Elkanah were porters for the Arke.

Darby Translation

And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

Young's Literal Translation

And Berechiah and Elkanah [are] gatekeepers for the ark.

Bible in Basic English

And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

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Cross references

“And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.”

1 Chronicles 9:21–23 2 Kings 22:4 2 Kings 25:18 Psalm 84:10

1 Chronicles 9:21–23 · BSB

Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

2 Kings 22:4 · BSB

“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.

2 Kings 25:18 · BSB

The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

Psalm 84:10 · BSB

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.

24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

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