1 Chronicles 15:23
New Revised Standard Version
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

New American Bible
Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers before the ark.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.

1 Chronicles 9:21-23 And Zacharias the son of Mosollamia, was porter of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony: . . .

2 Kings 22:4 Go to Helcias, the high priest, that the money may be put together which is brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers of the temple have gathered of the people.

2 Kings 25:18 And the general of the army took Seraias, the chief priest, and Sophonias, the second priest, and three doorkeepers:

Psalm 84:10 For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

Context
The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark
22And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful. 23And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.24And Sebenias, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharias, and Banaias, and Eliezer the priests, sounded with trumpets, before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehias were porters of the ark.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:15
And Samuel slept till morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to tell the vision to Heli.

2 Kings 7:10
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.

1 Chronicles 15:22
And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.

1 Chronicles 15:24
And Sebenias, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharias, and Banaias, and Eliezer the priests, sounded with trumpets, before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehias were porters of the ark.

1 Chronicles 15:22
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