Porter, rather gatekeeper (1Ch_15:18; 1Ch_15:21).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Eliph'eleh. (whom God makes distinguished). A Merarite Levite, one of the gate-keepers appointed by David, to play on the harp, "on the Sheminith," on the occasion of bringing up the ark, to the city of David. 1Ch_15:18; 1Ch_15:21.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Elipheleh
(Hebrews in the prolonged form Eliphele'hu, אלִֵיפְּלֵהוּ, God will distinguish him; Sept. Ε᾿λιφαλά and Ε᾿λιφαλού v.r. Ε᾿λιφενά and Ε᾿λιφαλαίας; Vulg. Eliphalu), a Merarite Levite; one of the gatekeepers (שׁוֹ רִים, A.V, porters") appointed by David to play on the harp "on the Sheminith," on the occasion of bringing up the ark to the city of David (1Ch_15:18; 1Ch_15:21). B.C. 1043.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.