I Chronicles Chapter 15

I Chronicles Chapter 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 the
Lord hath chosen them to bear the ark of
the Lord, and to minister unto him
forever.
3 And David gathered all Israel together
to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the
Lord unto his place, which he had
ordained for it.
4 And David assembled the sons of
Aaron, and the Levites.
5 Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief,
and his brethren sixscore. 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 Zadok and
Abiathar the priests, and of the Levites,
Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah, and
Eliel, and Amminadab:
12 And he said unto them, Ye are the
chief fathers of the Levites: sanctify
yourselves, and your brethren, and bring
up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto
the place that I have prepared for it.
13 For because ye were not there at the
first, the Lord our God made a breach
among us: for we sought him not after
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 sons of the Levites bear the
ark of God upon their shoulders with the
bars, as Moses had commanded,
according to the word of the Lord. 16
And David spake to the chief of the
Levites, that they should appoint certain
of their brethren to sing with instruments
of music, with viols and harps, and
cymbals, that they might make a sound,
and lift up their 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 in 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 Heman, Asaph and Ethan were
fingers to make a sound with cymbals of
brass,
20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and
Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah with
viols on Alamoth,
21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and
Mikneiah, and Obed Edom, and Jeiel,
and Azaziah, with harps upon Sheminith
Jenazzeah.
22 But Chenaniah the chief of the Levites
had the charge, bearing the burden in the
charge, for he was able to instruct.
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were
porters for the ark.
24 And Shebaniah and Jehoshaphat and
Nethanel and Amasai, and
Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the
priests did blow with trumpets before
the ark of God, and Obed Edom and
Jehiah were porters for the ark. 25 So
David and the elders of Israel and the
captains of thousands went to bring up
the ark of the covenant of the Lord from
the house of Obed Edom with joy.
26 And because that God helped the
Levites that bear the ark of the covenant
of the Lord, they offered seven bullocks
and seven rams.
27 And David had on him a linen
garment, as all the Levites that bear the
ark, and the singers and Chenaniah that
had the chief charge of the singers: and
upon David was a linen ephod.
28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of
the Lord's covenant with shouting and
sound of trumpets, and with cornet, and
with cymbals, making a sound with viols
and with harps.
29 And when the ark of the covenant of
the Lord came into the city of David,
Michal the daughter of Saul looked out
at a window, and saw king David
dancing and playing, and she despised
him in her heart.