Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Barachiah and Elkanah kept the door of 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.
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.
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 the chief of the Levites was master of the song and taught to sing, for he was a man of understanding. 23 And Barachiah and Elkanah kept the door of the Ark. 24 And Shebaniah, Jehoshaphat, Nathaniel, Amasai, Zachariah, Benaiah and Eliezer, priests, were blowers with trumpets before the Ark of God. And Obededom and Jehiah were keepers of the door of the Ark.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:4
"Go to Hilkiah the high priest, and let him sum the silver that is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the doors have gathered of the people;
2 Kings 25:18
And the chief Marshal took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the highest priest save one, and three keepers of the door.
1 Chronicles 9:21-23
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah kept the door of the tabernacle of witness.
Psalm 84:10
For one day in thy court is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of the ungodly.