Now David built houses
for himself in the city
of David
; and he prepared
a place
for the ark
of God
and apitched
a tent
for it.
Then David
said
, " aNo
one is to carry
the ark
of God
but the Levites
; for the LORD
chose
them to carry
the ark
of God
and to minister
to Him forever
."
And aDavid assembled
all
Israel
at Jerusalem
to bring
up the ark
of the LORD
bto its place
which
he had prepared
for it.
David gathered
together the sons
of Aaron
and athe Levites
:
of the sons of Kohath
, Uriel
the chief
, and 120
of his 1relatives
;
of the sons of Merari
, Asaiah
the chief
, and 220
of his relatives
;
of the sons of Gershom
, Joel
the chief
, and 130
of his relatives
;
of the sons of Elizaphan
, Shemaiah
the chief
, and 200
of his relatives
;
of the sons of Hebron
, Eliel
the chief
, and 80
of his relatives
;
of the sons of Uzziel
, Amminadab
the chief
, and 112
of his relatives
.
Then David called
for aZadok
and bAbiathar
the priests
, and for the Levites
, for Uriel
, Asaiah
, Joel
, Shemaiah
, Eliel
and Amminadab
,
and said to them, "You are the heads
of the fathers'
households of the Levites
; aconsecrate
yourselves both you and your relatives
, that you may bring
up the ark
of the LORD
God
of Israel
bto the place that I have prepared
for it.
" aBecause you did not carry it at the first
, the LORD
our God
made
an outburst
on us, for we did not seek
Him according to the ordinance
."
aSo the priests and the Levites
consecrated
themselves to bring
up the ark
of the LORD
God
of Israel
.
The sons of athe Levites
carried
the ark
of God
on their shoulders
with the poles
thereon
, as Moses
had commanded
according to the word
of the LORD
.
Then David spoke
to the chiefs
of the Levites
ato appoint
their relatives
the singers
, with instruments
of music
, harps
, lyres
, loud-sounding
cymbals
, to raise
sounds
of joy
.
So athe Levites appointed
Heman
the son
of Joel
, and from his relatives
, Asaph
the son
of Berechiah
; and from the sons
of Merari
their relatives
, Ethan
the son
of Kushaiah
,
and with them their relatives of the second
rank
, Zechariah
, 1Ben
, Jaaziel
, Shemiramoth
, Jehiel
, Unni
, Eliab
, Benaiah
, Maaseiah
, Mattithiah
, Eliphelehu
, Mikneiah
, Obed-edom
and Jeiel
, the gatekeepers
.
So the singers, Heman
, Asaph
and Ethan
were appointed to sound
aloud cymbals
of bronze
;
and Zechariah, Aziel
, Shemiramoth
, Jehiel
, Unni
, Eliab
, Maaseiah
and Benaiah
, with 1harps
tuned to aalamoth
;
and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu
, Mikneiah
, Obed-edom
, Jeiel
and Azaziah
, to lead
with 1lyres
tuned to athe sheminith
.
Chenaniah, chief
of the Levites
, was in charge of the singing
; he gave
instruction
in singing
because
he was skillful
.
Berechiah and Elkanah
were gatekeepers
for the ark
.
Shebaniah, Joshaphat
, Nethanel
, Amasai
, Zechariah
, Benaiah
and Eliezer
, the priests
, ablew
the trumpets
before
the ark
of God
. Obed-edom
and Jehiah
also were gatekeepers
for the ark
.
aSo it was David, with the elders
of Israel
and the captains
over thousands
, who went
to bring
up the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
from bthe house
of Obed-edom
with joy
.
Because God was helping
the Levites
who were carrying
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
, they sacrificed
aseven
bulls
and seven
rams
.
Now David was clothed
with a robe
of fine
linen
with all
the Levites
who were carrying
the ark
, and the singers
and Chenaniah
the leader
of the singing
with the singers
. aDavid
also wore
an ephod
of linen
.
Thus all Israel
brought
up the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
with shouting
, and with sound
of the horn
, with trumpets
, with loud-sounding
cymbals
, with harps
and lyres
.
It happened when the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
came
to the city
of David
, that aMichal
the daughter
of Saul
looked
out of the window
and saw
King
David
leaping
and celebrating
; and she despised
him in her heart
.