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 has Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to serve Him to the Kingdom Age.
3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah to 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 brothers a hundred and twenty:
6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred and twenty:
7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brothers a hundred and thirty:
8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred:
9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brothers fourscore:
10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brothers a 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 to them, you are the chief of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.
13 For because you did it not at the first, Jehovah 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 Jehovah God of Israel.
15 And the children of the Levites carried the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.
16 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers to be the singers with instruments of music, 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 brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18 And with them their brothers 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 gatekeepers.
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 Jehovah out of the house of Obededom with joy.
26 When God helped the Levites that carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that carried 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 Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
29 As the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her mind.