1 Chronicles 15:23
What does 1 Chronicles 15:23 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 15:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Berechiah and Elkanah <FI>are<Fi> gatekeepers for the ark.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Context
v.22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
v.23This passage
v.24And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- 2 Kings 25:18
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
- 1 Chronicles 9:21
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
- 2 Kings 22:4
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people:
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