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1 Chronicles 15:23 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 15 · verse 23
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.1 Chronicles 15:23 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 15:23 in context
21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
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.
25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- doorkeepersshôwʻêra janitorH7778 →
- BerechiahBerekyâhBerekjah, the name of six IsraelitesH1296 →
- ElkanahʼElqânâhElkanah, the name of several IsraelitesH511 →
- arkʼârôwna boxH727 →
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Preparation is here made for the bringing of the ark home to the city of David from the house of Obed-edom. It is here owned that in the former attempt, though it was a very good work and in it they sought God, yet they sought him, not after the due order, Ch1 15:13. "We did not go about our work considerately;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-24