Verse 23
1 Chronicles 15:23
World English Bible, British Edition
23
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/בֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ וְ/אֶלְקָנָ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָ/אָרֽוֹן
English Translation
And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 15 Context
1
David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God (Elohim)’s
ark, and pitch...
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2
Then David said, “No one ought to carry God (Elohim)’s ark but the Levites. For
the LORD has chosen...
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3
David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the LORD’s
ark to its place, which he had prepa...
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4
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
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5
of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred and twenty;
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6
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred and twenty;
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7
of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred and thirty;
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of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;
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of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;
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10
of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred and twelve.
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11
David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the
Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shema...
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12
and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of
the Levites. Sanctify yourselves,...
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13
For because you didn’t carry it at first, the LORD our God (Elohim) broke out
in anger against us, b...
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14
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring
up the ark of the LORD, the God (Elohi...
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15
The children of the Levites bore God (Elohim)’s ark on their shoulders with
its poles, as Moses comm...
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16
David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers
as singers with instruments of mus...
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17
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers,
Asaph the son of Berechiah; and...
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18
and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel,
Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni,...
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19
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze
to sound aloud;
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20
and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and
Benaiah, with stringed instrum...
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21
and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah,
with harps tuned to the eight-s...
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22
Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the
singers, because he was skilful...
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23
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer,
the priests, blew the trump...
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25
So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands
went to bring the ark of the LORD’s...
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26
When God (Elohim) helped the Levites who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant,
they sacrificed seven...
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27
David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites
who bore the ark, the singers,...
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28
Thus all Israel brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant up with shouting,
with sound of the cornet, w...
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29
As the ark of the LORD’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the
daughter of Saul looked out at th...
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