1 Chronicles 15:23
New Living Translation
23 Berekiah and Elkanah were chosen to guard[a] the Ark.
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1 Chronicles 15:23
New International Version
23 Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for the ark.
Psalm 84:10
New Living Translation
10 A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
Psalm 84:10
New International Version
10 Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(A) in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
1 Chronicles 9:21-23
New Living Translation
21 And later Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was responsible for guarding the entrance to the Tabernacle.[a]
22 In all, there were 212 gatekeepers in those days, and they were listed according to the genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed their ancestors because they were reliable men. 23 These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the Lord when that house was a tent.
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- 9:21 Hebrew Tent of Meeting.
1 Chronicles 9:21-23
New International Version
21 Zechariah(A) son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
22 Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers(B) at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.(C) 23 They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord—the house called the tent of meeting.
2 Kings 25:18
New Living Translation
18 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.
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2 Kings 25:18
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18 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(A) the chief priest, Zephaniah(B) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(C)
2 Kings 22:4
New Living Translation
4 “Go to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money the gatekeepers have collected from the people at the Lord’s Temple.
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2 Kings 22:4
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4 “Go up to Hilkiah(A) the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected(B) from the people.
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