1 Chronicles 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
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.