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23 Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

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23 Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for the ark.

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10 For a day in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than live in the tents of wickedness.(A)

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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.

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21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting.(A) 22 All these who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds were two hundred twelve. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and the seer Samuel established them in their office of trust.(B) 23 So they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.

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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.

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18 The captain of the guard took the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the three guardians of the threshold;(A)

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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)

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“Go up to the high priest Hilkiah and have him add up the entire sum of the silver that has been brought into the house of the Lord that the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people;(A)

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“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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