📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 15:23
What does 1 Chronicles 15:23 mean?
"Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark."
— 1 Chronicles 15:23 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;
and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant up out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.
When God helped the Levites who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
Explanation
This short verse comes from a long list of names in 1 Chronicles 15, where the Chronicler records how King David organized the Levites for the momentous task of bringing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem. On the surface, it simply tells us that two men, Berechiah and Elkanah, were assigned the role of "doorkeepers" — guardians who watched over access to the Ark. It's a small, easily overlooked detail buried among many other names and job descri
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