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I CHRONICLES ยท Chapter 15
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.
15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites:
for them has the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto
him for ever.
15:3 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.
15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
15:5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred
and twenty:
15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred and twenty:
15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred
and thirty:
15:8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren
two hundred:
15:9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
15:10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren
an hundred and twelve.
15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for
the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
15:12 And said unto them, All of you are the chief of the fathers of
the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both all of you and your brethren, that
all of you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place
that I have prepared for it.
15:13 For because all of you 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.
15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring
up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15:15 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.
15:16 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their
brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps
and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
15:17 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;
15:18 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.
15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound
with cymbals of brass;
15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
15:21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed
about the song, because he was skilful.
15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
15:24 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.
15:25 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.
15:26 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.
15:27 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.
15:28 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.
15:29 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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