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.
