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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.
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.
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.
04 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and
the Levites:
05 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and
his brethren an hundred and twenty:
06 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and
his brethren two hundred and twenty:
07 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his
brethren an hundred and thirty:
08 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief,
and his brethren two hundred:
09 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 music, psalteries and harps and
cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with
joy.
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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.
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