1 Chronicles 15:23
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New International Version (©2011)
Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for the ark.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Berekiah and Elkanah were chosen to guard the Ark.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Berechiah and Elkanah served as gatekeepers for the ark.

NET Bible (©2006)
Berechiah and Elkanah were guardians of the ark;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

American King James Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

American Standard Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.

Darby Bible Translation
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

English Revised Version
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

World English Bible
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

Young's Literal Translation
And Berechiah and Elkanah are gatekeepers for the ark.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 23. - Berechiah and Elkanah. It appears from the following verse that there was also another couple of doorkeepers (i.e. persons to protect the openings of the ark, that it should not be opened), viz. Obed-edom and Jehiah.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Berechiah, and Elkanah, were doorkeepers for the ark,.... Either while it was at Kirjathjearim, and at Obededom's house; or rather after it was put in the tabernacle David had prepared for it; though it may be best of all to understand it, that those, as it was carrying, went before it, to keep the people from pressing to it, and gazing on it.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

23. Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers—who marched immediately in front, while Obed-edom and Jeiel went in the rear, of the ark.

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The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark
…22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful. 23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24And 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 Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

1 Samuel 3:15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
2 Kings 7:10 So they went and called out to the city gatekeepers and told them, "We went into the Aramean camp and no one was there--not a sound of anyone--only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were."
1 Chronicles 15:22 Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.
1 Chronicles 15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer the priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.