1 Chronicles 15:24

22 Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.

23 Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.

Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

26 And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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BSB
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
KJV
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
WEB
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
ASV
And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
DARBY
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew with the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehijah were doorkeepers for the ark.
BLB
And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the face of the ark of God. And Obed-edom and Jehiah [were] gatekeepers for the ark.
ÅB
Prestene Sebaina og Josjafat og Netanel og Amasai og Sakarja og Benaja og Elieser blåste i trompeter foran Guds ark, og Obed-Edom og Jehia var dørvoktere ved arken.
OTB
Og prestene Sjevanja, Josjafat, Netanel, Amasai, Sakarja, Benaja og Elieser
blåste i trompetene foran Guds ark.
Og Obed-Edom og Jehia var også portvakter for arken.
B1930
Prestene Sebaina og Josafat og Netanel og Amasai og Sakarja og Benaja og Elieser blåste i trompeter foran Guds ark, og Obed-Edom og Jehia var dørvoktere ved arken.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 16:6

    and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:28

    So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

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  • Numbers 10:8

    The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:18

    and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

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  • Joel 2:1

    Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:23

    Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:12–13

    all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

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  • Joel 2:15

    Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.

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