1Chronicles 15

The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

15David built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.H6213H1004H5892H1732H3559H4725H727H430H5186H1682Then David said, "No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever."H1732H559H5375H727H430H3881H3068H977H5375H727H430H8334H5704H57693And David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it.H1732H6950H3478H6950H3389H5927H727H3068H4725H35594Then David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:H1732H622H1121H175H38815of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and one hundred and twenty of his brethren;H1121H6955H222H8269H251H3967H62426of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brethren;H1121H4847H6222H8269H251H3967H62427of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and one hundred and thirty of his brethren;H1121H1647H3100H8269H251H3967H79708of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his brethren;H1121H469H8098H8269H251H39679of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and eighty of his brethren;H1121H2275H447H8269H251H808410of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and one hundred and twelve of his brethren.H1121H5816H5992H8269H251H3967H8147H624011And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.H1732H7121H6659H54H3548H3881H222H6222H3100H8098H447H599212He said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.H559H7218H1H3881H6942H251H5927H727H3068H430H3478H355913"For because you did not do it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order."H7223H3068H430H6555H1875H494114So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.H3548H3881H6942H5927H727H3068H430H347815And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders, by its poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.H1121H3881H5375H727H430H3802H4133H4872H6680H1697H306816Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy.H1732H559H8269H3881H5975H251H7891H3627H7892H5035H3658H4700H8085H7311H6963H805717So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of their brethren, the sons of Merari, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;H3881H5975H1968H1121H3100H251H623H1121H1296H1121H4847H251H387H1121H698418and with them their brethren of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers;H251H4932H2148H1122H3268H8070H3171H6042H446H1141H4641H4993H466H4737H5654H3273H777819the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound the cymbals of bronze;H7891H1968H623H387H8085H4700H517820Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with strings according to Alamoth;H2148H5815H8070H3171H6042H446H4641H1141H5035H596121Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to direct with harps on the Sheminith;H4993H466H4737H5654H3273H5812H3658H8067H532922Chenaniah, leader of the Levites, was instructor in charge of the music, because he was skillful;H3663H8269H3881H4853H3256H4853H99523Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark;H1296H511H7778H72724Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah, doorkeepers for the ark.H7645H3146H5417H6022H2148H1141H461H3548H2690H2690H2689H6440H727H430H5654H3174H7778H72725So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom with joy.H1732H2205H3478H8269H505H1980H5927H727H1285H3068H1004H5654H805726And so it was, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bulls and seven rams.H430H5826H3881H5375H727H1285H3068H2076H7651H6499H7651H35227David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the music master with the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.H1732H3736H4598H948H3881H5375H727H7891H3663H8269H4853H7891H1732H646H90628Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets and with cymbals, making music with stringed instruments and harps.H3478H5927H727H1285H3068H8643H6963H7782H2689H4700H8085H5035H365829And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the City of David, that Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling and playing music; and she despised him in her heart.H727H1285H3068H935H5892H1732H4324H1323H7586H8259H2474H7200H4428H1732H7540H7832H959H3820