²³ And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

¹⁰ 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.

²¹ And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

²² All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

²³ So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

¹⁸ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

⁴ 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: