²³ And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

⁴ Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

¹⁸ And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;

²¹ Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.

²² There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.

²³ So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.

¹⁰ For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.