1 Chronicles 15:23

In 11 translations

BSB

Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.Literally gatekeepers; also in verse 24

KJV

And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

WEB

Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

ASV

And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

LSV

And Berechiah and Elkanah [are] gatekeepers for the Ark.

YLT

And Berechiah and Elkanah [are] gatekeepers for the ark.

DBY

And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

DRC

And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.

GNV

And Berechiah and Elkanah were porters for the Arke.

JPS

And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

LXXE

And Barachia and Elcana were door-keepers of the ark.

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WLC

וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָאָרֽוֹן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ Βαραχία καὶ Ἐλκανὰ πυλωροὶ τῆς κιβωτοῦ.

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• Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
• 2 Kings 22:4“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
• 1 Chronicles 9:21–23Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David…
• 2 Kings 25:18The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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