1Chronicles 15

15After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.H6213H1004H5892H1732H3559H4725H727H430H5186H1682Then David said, "No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before him forever."H1732H559H5375H727H430H3881H3068H977H5375H727H430H8334H5704H57693David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.H1732H6950H3478H6950H3389H5927H727H3068H4725H35594He called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:H1732H622H1121H175H38815From the descendants of Kohath, Uriel the leader and 120 relatives;H1121H6955H222H8269H251H3967H62426from the descendants of Merari, Asaiah the leader and 220 relatives;H1121H4847H6222H8269H251H3967H62427from the descendants of Gershon, Joel the leader and 130 relatives;H1121H1647H3100H8269H251H3967H79708from the descendants of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the leader and 200 relatives;H1121H469H8098H8269H251H39679from the descendants of Hebron, Eliel the leader and 80 relatives;H1121H2275H447H8269H251H808410from the descendants of Uzziel, Amminadab the leader and 112 relatives.H1121H5816H5992H8269H251H3967H8147H624011Then David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab the Levites.H1732H7121H6659H54H3548H3881H222H6222H3100H8098H447H599212He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.H559H7218H1H3881H6942H251H5927H727H3068H430H3478H355913It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the LORD our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way."H7223H3068H430H6555H1875H494114So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.H3548H3881H6942H5927H727H3068H430H347815And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.H1121H3881H5375H727H430H3802H4133H4872H6680H1697H306816David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.H1732H559H8269H3881H5975H251H7891H3627H7892H5035H3658H4700H8085H7311H6963H805717So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berekiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;H3881H5975H1968H1121H3100H251H623H1121H1296H1121H4847H251H387H1121H698418and with them their relatives next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.H251H4932H2148H1122H3268H8070H3171H6042H446H1141H4641H4993H466H4737H5654H3273H777819The musicians Heman, Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;H7891H1968H623H387H8085H4700H517820Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyres according toH2148H5815H8070H3171H6042H446H4641H1141H5035H596121and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel and Azaziah were to play the harps, directing according toH4993H466H4737H5654H3273H5812H3658H8067H532922Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.H3663H8269H3881H4853H3256H4853H99523Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for the ark.H1296H511H7778H72724Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer the priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.H7645H3146H5417H6022H2148H1141H461H3548H2690H2690H2689H6440H727H430H5654H3174H7778H72725So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom, with rejoicing.H1732H2205H3478H8269H505H1980H5927H727H1285H3068H1004H5654H805726Because God had helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, seven bulls and seven rams were sacrificed.H430H5826H3881H5375H727H1285H3068H2076H7651H6499H7651H35227Now David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and as were the musicians, and Kenaniah, who was in charge of the singing of the choirs. David also wore a linen ephod.H1732H3736H4598H948H3881H5375H727H7891H3663H8269H4853H7891H1732H646H90628So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouts, with the sounding of rams' horns and trumpets, and of cymbals, and the playing of lyres and harps.H3478H5927H727H1285H3068H8643H6963H7782H2689H4700H8085H5035H365829As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing and celebrating, she despised him in her heart.H727H1285H3068H935H5892H1732H4324H1323H7586H8259H2474H7200H4428H1732H7540H7832H959H3820