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23 Berechiah and Elkanah served as gatekeepers for the ark. 24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were appointed to sound the trumpets before the Ark of God, and Obed-edom and Jehiah were trustees[a] for the ark.

The Ark is Moved to Jerusalem

25 Then David, the elders of Israel, and the leaders of groups of thousands[b] proceeded to bring the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord from Obed-edom’s house, rejoicing as they went.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 15:24 Or gatekeepers
  2. 1 Chronicles 15:25 Lit. the Elefim, a community leader representing 1,000 Israelis
  3. 1 Chronicles 15:25 The Heb. lacks as they went