23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. …
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-24)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 , 1 Chron. 15:13. “We did not go about our work considerately; and therefore we sped so ill.” Note, It is not enough that we do that which is g…
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