Bible, King James Version
1_Chronicles
1Chr.15
[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 Obed-edom, 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
Obed-edom, 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 Obed-edom 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 Obed-edom 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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