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Bible in Basic English
And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.
New American Standard Bible
Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.
King James Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Holman Bible
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.
International Standard Version
Berechiah and Elkanah served as gatekeepers for the ark.
A Conservative Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were porters for the ark.
American Standard Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Amplified
Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.
Darby Translation
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Julia Smith Translation
And Berechiah and Elkanah gate-keepers to the ark
King James 2000
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Berekiah and Elkanah [were] gatekeepers for the ark.
Modern King James verseion
And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Barachiah and Elkanah kept the door of the Ark.
NET Bible
Berechiah and Elkanah were guardians of the ark;
New Heart English Bible
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
The Emphasized Bible
And, Berechiah and Elkanah, were door-keepers to the ark.
Webster
And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.
World English Bible
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Berechiah and Elkanah are gatekeepers for the ark.
Themes
David » King of israel » Organized the tabernacle service
Elkanah » Doorkeeper » Ark of covenant
Tact » In david's popular methods » In organizing the temple music
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 15:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
David's Wives And Children
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, because he was expert. 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark. 24 And Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, made music on the horns before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:4
Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;
2 Kings 25:18
And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;
1 Chronicles 9:21-23
Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.
Psalm 84:10
For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.