1 Chronicles 15
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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 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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