1 Chronicles 15:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 22:4 : 4 Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;
  • 2 Kgs 25:18 : 18 And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;
  • 1 Chr 9:21-23 : 21 Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting. 22 There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions. 23 So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 15:24-25
    2 verses
    84%

    24And Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, made music on the horns before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark.

    25So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

  • 1 Chr 15:18
    77%

    18And with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Bani and Jaaziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni, Eliab and Benaiah and Maaseiah and Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel, the door-keepers.

  • 1 Chr 9:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.

    22There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.

    23So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.

  • Neh 12:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.

    25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.

  • 1 Chr 9:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

    16And Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who were living in the small towns of the Netophathites.

    17And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.

    18Up till then they had been at the king's door to the east. They were door-keepers for the tents of the sons of Levi.

    19And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his family, the Korahites, were responsible for everything which had to be done in connection with the order of worship, keepers of the doors of the Tent; their fathers had had the care of the tents of the Lord, being keepers of the doorway.

  • 1 Chr 16:37-38
    2 verses
    73%

    37So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, to do whatever had to be done before the ark at all times day by day:

    38And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:

  • 1 Chr 9:26-28
    3 verses
    73%

    26For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.

    27Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.

    28Certain of them had the care of the vessels used in worship, to keep an account of them when they came in and when they were taken out again.

  • 2 Chr 31:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.

    14And Kore, the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the east door, had control of the offerings freely given to God, and the distribution of the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    72%

    12Of these were the divisions of the door-keepers, men of authority, having responsible positions like their brothers to be servants in the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 23:4
    71%

    4This is what you are to do: let a third of you, of the priests and Levites, who come in on the Sabbath, keep the doors;

  • 1 Chr 26:19
    71%

    19These were the divisions of door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.

  • 2 Chr 34:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,

    13Had authority over the transport workers, giving directions to all who were doing any sort of work; and among the Levites there were scribes and overseers and door-keepers.

  • 2 Chr 35:15
    70%

    15And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for their brothers the Levites made ready for them.

  • 1 Chr 16:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;

    6And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.

  • 2 Chr 23:19
    70%

    19And he put door-keepers at the doors of the Lord's house, to see that no one who was unclean in any way might come in.

  • 2 Kgs 25:18
    69%

    18And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;

  • 1 Sam 7:1
    69%

    1So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

  • Neh 12:45
    68%

    45And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    68%

    14So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    68%

    12And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

  • Num 3:31
    68%

    31In their care are the ark, and the table, and the lights, and the altars, and all the vessels used in the holy place, and the veil, and all they are used for.

  • 1 Chr 16:42
    68%

    42And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.

  • Ezek 41:23
    68%

    23The Temple had two doors.

  • Jer 52:24
    67%

    24And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;

  • Ezek 40:45
    67%

    45And he said to me, This room, facing south, is for the priests who have the care of the house.

  • Neh 3:6
    67%

    6Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

  • Ezra 10:23
    67%

    23And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

  • 2 Kgs 22:4
    67%

    4Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

  • 1 Chr 26:1
    67%

    1For the divisions of the door-keepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Ebiasaph.

  • 1 Chr 18:17
    67%

    17And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

  • 1 Kgs 8:7
    67%

    7For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

  • Neh 7:1
    67%

    1Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,

  • Neh 12:9
    67%

    9And Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them in their watches.

  • Neh 11:19
    67%

    19In addition the door-keepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers who kept watch at the doors, were a hundred and seventy-two.

  • Jer 35:4
    67%

    4And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door;

  • 1 Chr 12:6
    67%

    6Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korahites;

  • Neh 7:45
    67%

    45The door-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight.