Parallel Verses
Amplified
Berechiah and Elkanah were 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.
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.
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, leader of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skilled. 23 Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark. 24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah (Jeiel) were also gatekeepers for the ark.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:4
“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, so that he may count the entire amount of money brought into the house of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
2 Kings 25:18
The captain of the bodyguard took [captive] Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers [of the temple].
1 Chronicles 9:21-23
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
Psalm 84:10
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God
Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.