And David made him houses
in the city
of David
, and prepared
a place
for the ark
of God
, and pitched
for it a tent
.
Then David said
, None ought to carry
the ark
of God
but the Levites
: for them hath the LORD
chosen
to carry
the ark
of God
, and to minister
unto him for
ever
.
And David gathered
all Israel
together
to Jerusalem
, to bring up
the ark
of the LORD
unto his place
, which he had prepared
for it.
And David assembled
the children
of Aaron
, and the Levites
:
Of the sons of Kohath
; Uriel
the chief
, and his brethren
an hundred
and twenty
:
Of the sons of Merari
; Asaiah
the chief
, and his brethren
two hundred
and twenty
:
Of the sons of Gershom
; Joel
the chief
, and his brethren
an hundred
and thirty
:
Of the sons of Elizaphan
; Shemaiah
the chief
, and his brethren
two hundred
:
Of the sons of Hebron
; Eliel
the chief
, and his brethren
fourscore
:
Of the sons of Uzziel
; Amminadab
the chief
, and his brethren
an hundred
and twelve
.
And David called
for Zadok
and Abiathar
the priests
, and for the Levites
, for Uriel
, Asaiah
, and Joel
, Shemaiah
, and Eliel
, and Amminadab
,
And said unto them, Ye are the chief
of the fathers
of the Levites
: sanctify
yourselves, both ye and your brethren
, that ye may bring up
the ark
of the LORD
God
of Israel
unto the place that I have prepared
for it.
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD
our God
made a breach
upon us, for that we sought
him not after the due order
.
So the priests and the Levites
sanctified
themselves to bring up
the ark
of the LORD
God
of Israel
.
And the children of the Levites
bare
the ark
of God
upon their shoulders
with the staves
thereon, as Moses
commanded
according to the word
of the LORD
.
And David spake
to the chief
of the Levites
to appoint
their brethren
to be the singers
with instruments
of musick
, psalteries
and harps
and cymbals
, sounding
, by lifting up
the voice
with joy
.
So the Levites appointed
Heman
the son
of Joel
; and of his brethren
, Asaph
the son
of Berechiah
; and of the sons
of Merari
their brethren
, Ethan
the son
of Kushaiah
;
And with them their brethren of the second
degree , Zechariah
, Ben
, and Jaaziel
, and Shemiramoth
, and Jehiel
, and Unni
, Eliab
, and Benaiah
, and Maaseiah
, and Mattithiah
, and Elipheleh
, and Mikneiah
, and Obededom
, and Jeiel
, the porters
.
So the singers, Heman
, Asaph
, and Ethan
, were appointed to sound
with cymbals
of brass
;
And Zechariah, and Aziel
, and Shemiramoth
, and Jehiel
, and Unni
, and Eliab
, and Maaseiah
, and Benaiah
, with psalteries
on Alamoth
;
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh
, and Mikneiah
, and Obededom
, and Jeiel
, and Azaziah
, with harps
on the Sheminith
to excel
.
And Chenaniah, chief
of the Levites
, was for song
: he instructed
about the song
, because he was skilful
.
And Berechiah and Elkanah
were doorkeepers
for the ark
.
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat
, and Nethaneel
, and Amasai
, and Zechariah
, and Benaiah
, and Eliezer
, the priests
, did blow
with the trumpets
before
the ark
of God
: and Obededom
and Jehiah
were doorkeepers
for the ark
.
So David, and the elders
of Israel
, and the captains
over thousands
, went
to bring up
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
out of the house
of Obededom
with joy
.
And it came to pass, when God helped
the Levites
that bare
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
, that they offered
seven
bullocks
and seven
rams
.
And David was clothed
with a robe
of fine linen
, and all the Levites
that bare
the ark
, and the singers
, and Chenaniah
the master
of the song
with the singers
: David
also had upon him an ephod
of linen
.
Thus all Israel brought up
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
with shouting
, and with sound
of the cornet
, and with trumpets
, and with cymbals
, making a noise
with psalteries
and harps
.
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant
of the LORD
came
to the city
of David
, that Michal
the daughter
of Saul
looking out
at a window
saw
king
David
dancing
and playing
: and she despised
him in her heart
.