Berechiah and Elkanah were guardians<n id="1" /> of the ark;

<p class="bodytext">The five others were Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed.p>

<p class="bodytext">Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph,<n id="1" /> son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived among the settlements of the Netophathites.p>

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; one of his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; one of the descendants of Merari,<n id="1" /> Ethan son of Kushaiah;