Berechiahand Elkanahwere gatekeepersfor the ark.
"Goup to Hilkiahthe highpriestthat he may countthe moneybroughtin to the houseof the LORDwhichthe doorkeepershave gatheredfrom the people.
Then the captainof the guardtookSeraiahthe chiefpriestand Zephaniahthe secondpriest,with the threeofficersof the temple.
So they cameand calledto the gatekeepersof the city,and they toldthem, saying,"We cameto the campof the Arameans,and behold,therewas noonethere,northe voiceof man,onlythe horsestiedand the donkeystied,and the tentsjustas they were."
Chenaniah,chiefof the Levites,was [in charge of] the singing;he gaveinstructionin singingbecausehe was skillful.
Shebaniah,Joshaphat,Nethanel,Amasai,Zechariah,Benaiahand Eliezer,the priests,blewthe trumpetsbeforethe arkof God.Obed-edomand Jehiahalso [were] gatekeepersfor the ark.
For a dayin Your courtsis betterthana thousand[outside]. I would rather standat the thresholdof the houseof my GodThandwellin the tentsof wickedness.
So Samuellaydownuntilmorning.Then he openedthe doorsof the houseof the LORD.But Samuelwas afraidto tellthe visionto Eli.
