1 Chronicles 15:24

“And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were blowing the trumpets before the ark of Elohim; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were gatekeepers for the ark.”

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1 Chronicles 15:24, word by word

And Shebaniahשְׁבַנְיָהוּshevanyahu

Shebaniah

Shebaniah: the name of several Israelites, priests and Levites.

Where else “shevanyahu” appears
and Joshaphatיוֹשָׁפָטyoshafat

Joshaphat

Joshaphat: the name of one of David's mighty men, the Mithnite. He is not King Jehoshaphat of Judah.

Where else “yoshafat” appears
and Nethanelנְתַנְאֵלnetanel

Nethanel

Nethanel, chief of the tribe of Issachar; other men bear the same name. It means "given by God."

Where else “netanel” appears
and Amasaiעֲמָשַׂיamasay

Amasai

Amasai: name of several Israelites: Levites of the family of Kohath, a chief of the thirty who joined David, and a priest who blew the trumpet.

Where else “amasay” appears
and Zechariahזְכַרְיָהוּzecharyahu

Zechariah

Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.

Where else “zecharyahu” appears
and Benaiahבְנָיָהוּvenayahu

Benaiah

Benaiah: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Jehoiada, head of David's guard and later commander of Solomon's army (2 Samuel 8:18; 23:20). It means "YHWH has built."

Where else “venayahu” appears
and Eliezerאֱלִיעֶזֶרeliezer

Eliezer

Eliezer, the name of Abram's trusted servant from Damascus and of several Israelites, among them a son of Moses and a prophet.

Where else “eliezer” appears
the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohanim” appears
were blowingמַחְצְרִיםmachtsrim

blow a trumpet

Blow the trumpet: sound the straight metal trumpet used by the priests; those who do it are trumpeters.

Where else “machtsrim” appears
the trumpetsחֲצֹצְרוֹתchatsotsrot

trumpet

Trumpet: a straight metal instrument, different from the ram's horn.

Where else “chatsotsrot” appears
beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fene” appears
the arkאֲרוֹןaron

ark

The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.

Where else “aron” appears
of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohim” appears
and Obed-edomעֹבֵדoved

Obed-edom

Obed-edom, the name of several men. The best known is the Gittite in whose house the ark stayed three months (2 Samuel 6:10-12). It means "servant of Edom".

Where else “oved” appears
and Jehiahיחִיָּהychiya

Jehiah

Jehiah: a Levite, gatekeeper of the ark. The name means "may YHWH live."

Where else “ychiya” appears
gatekeepersשֹׁעֲרִיםshoarim

gatekeeper

Gatekeeper: one who guards the gate of a city, a palace or the temple. In Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah it is an office of the Levites.

Where else “shoarim” appears

The context

23And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.

24 · This verse (above)

25So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of the thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH from the house of Obed-edom with joy.

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