And Shebaniah,וּשְׁבַנְיָהוּand Joshaphat,וְיוֹשָׁפָטand Nethanel,וּנְתַנְאֵלand Amasai,וַעֲמָשַׂיand Zechariah,וּזְכַרְיָהוּand Benaiah,וּבְנָיָהוּand Eliezer,וֶאֱלִיעֶזֶרthe priests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםwere blowingמַחְצְרִיםthe trumpetsבַּחֲצֹצְרוֹתbeforeלִפְנֵיthe arkאֲרוֹןof Elohim;הָאֱלֹהִיםand Obed-edomוְעֹבֵד אֱדֹםand Jehiahוִיחִיָּהweregatekeepersשֹׁעֲרִיםfor the ark.לָאָרוֹן
1 Chronicles 15:24
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.