1 Chronicles 15:23
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
1 Chronicles 15:23 in other translations
| BSB | Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark. |
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| WEB | Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. |
| ASV | And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. |
| YLT | And Berechiah and Elkanah are gatekeepers for the ark. |
| DARBY | And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. |
| BBE | And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark. |
| Webster | And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark. |
What does 1 Chronicles 15:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 15:16-24
16-24. David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint ... the singers with instruments--These eminent Levites were instructed to train the musicians and singers who were under them, for the solemn procession. The performers were ranged in three choirs or bands, and the names of the principal leaders are given (1Ch 15:17, 18, 21), with the instruments respectively used by each. "Ben" (1Ch 15:18) is omitted (1Ch…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:1-24
Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others; but he owns himself guilty, with others, of not seeking God in due order
1 Chronicles 15:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 15:23
- 2 Kings 22:4
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
- 2 Kings 25:18
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
- Psalms 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- 1 Chronicles 9:21-23
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 15:22
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
- 1 Chronicles 15:23
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
- 1 Chronicles 15:24
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
1 Chronicles 15:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Berechîas y Elcana eran porteros del arca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Bérékia et Elkana étaient portiers pour l’arche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Berekja und Elkana waren Torhüter der Lade. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et Barachias, et Elcana, janitores arcæ. |