“1 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. 2 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.
3 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. 4 And
David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: 6 Of
the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and
twenty: 7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an
hundred and thirty: 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and
his brethren two hundred: 9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and
his brethren fourscore: 10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief,
and his brethren an hundred and twelve. 11 And David called for Zadok
and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and
Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 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. 13 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. 14 So the
priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the
LORD God of Israel. 15 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. 16 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. 17 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; 18 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. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were
appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass; 20 And Zechariah, and Aziel,
and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and
Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh,
and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the
Sheminith to excel. 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for
song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful. 23 And
Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark. 24 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.”
“25 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. 26 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. 27 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. 28 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. 29 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.” (1 Chronicles 15:1-29 AV)
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