Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Berechiah and Elkanah were to be 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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Berechiah
בּרכיהוּ בּרכיה 
Berekyah 
Usage: 11

and Elkanah
אלקנה 
'Elqanah 
Usage: 21

שׁער שׁוער 
Show`er 
Usage: 37

References

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Easton

Fausets

Verse Info

Context Readings

David's Wives And Children

22 Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music because he was skillful. 23 Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark. 24 The priests, Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be gatekeepers for the ark.


Cross References

2 Kings 22:4

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest so that he may total up the money brought into the Lord’s temple—the money the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

2 Kings 25:18

The commander of the guards also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

1 Chronicles 9:21-23

Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Psalm 84:10

Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.

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