13_1CH_15_01 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.
13_1CH_15_02 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.
13_1CH_15_03 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.
13_1CH_15_04 And David assembled the children of Aaron, And the Levites:
13_1CH_15_05 of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, And his brethren an hundred And twenty:
13_1CH_15_06 of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, And his brethren two hundred And twenty:
13_1CH_15_07 of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, And his brethren an hundred And thirty:
13_1CH_15_08 of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, And his brethren two hundred:
13_1CH_15_09 of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, And his brethren fourscore:
13_1CH_15_10 of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, And his brethren an hundred And twelve.
13_1CH_15_11 And David called for Zadok And Abiathar the priests, And for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, And Joel, Shemaiah, And Eliel, And Amminadab,
13_1CH_15_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_1CH_15_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.
13_1CH_15_14 So the priests And the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
13_1CH_15_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.
13_1CH_15_16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [ to be] the singers with instruments of music, psalteries And harps And cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
13_1CH_15_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;
13_1CH_15_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.
13_1CH_15_19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, And Ethan, [ were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;
13_1CH_15_20 And Zechariah, And Aziel, And Shemiramoth, And Jehiel, And Unni, And Eliab, And Maaseiah, And Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
13_1CH_15_21 And Mattithiah, And Elipheleh, And Mikneiah, And Obededom, And Jeiel, And Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
13_1CH_15_22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [ was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [ was] skilful.
13_1CH_15_23 And Berechiah And Elkanah [ were] doorkeepers for the ark.
13_1CH_15_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.
13_1CH_15_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.
13_1CH_15_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.
13_1CH_15_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.
13_1CH_15_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.
13_1CH_15_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.