Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Berechiah and Elkanah served as gatekeepers 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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers 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 Chenaniah, music leader for the descendants of Levi, served as music director, because he was expert at it. 23 Berechiah and Elkanah served as gatekeepers for the ark. 24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were appointed to sound the trumpets before the Ark of God, and Obed-edom and Jehiah were trustees for the ark.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:4
"Go to the high priest Hilkiah, so he can count the money that has been brought into the LORD's Temple by the doorkeepers who have been gathering it from the people.
2 Kings 25:18
The captain of the guard arrested Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, three temple officials,
1 Chronicles 9:21-23
Meshelemiah's son Zechariah was gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Psalm 84:10
for a day in your Temple courts is better than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather stand at the entrance of God's house than live in the tent of wickedness.