| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1David built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it. | 1Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. |
| 2Then David said, “No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever.” | 2Then David said, "No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever." |
| 3And David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it. | 3And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place which he had prepared for it. |
| 4Then David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites: | 4David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: |
| 5of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and one hundred and twenty of his brethren; | 5of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and 120 of his relatives; |
| 6of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brethren; | 6of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives; |
| 7of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and one hundred and thirty of his brethren; | 7of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and 130 of his relatives; |
| 8of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his brethren; | 8of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and 200 of his relatives; |
| 9of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and eighty of his brethren; | 9of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and 80 of his relatives; |
| 10of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and one hundred and twelve of his brethren. | 10of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and 112 of his relatives. |
| 11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. | 11Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab, |
| 12He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. | 12and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it. |
| 13For because you did not do it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order.” | 13"Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance." |
| 14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. | 14So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. |
| 15And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders, by its poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD. | 15The sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD. |
| 16Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy. | 16Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. |
| 17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of their brethren, the sons of Merari, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; | 17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah, |
| 18and with them their brethren of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers; | 18and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. |
| 19the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound the cymbals of bronze; | 19So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; |
| 20Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with strings according to Alamoth; | 20and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah, with harps tuned to alamoth; |
| 21Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to direct with harps on the Sheminith; | 21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel and Azaziah, to lead with lyres tuned to the sheminith. |
| 22Chenaniah, leader of the Levites, was instructor in charge of the music, because he was skillful; | 22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful. |
| 23Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark; | 23Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark. |
| 24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah, doorkeepers for the ark. | 24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were gatekeepers for the ark. |
| 25So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom with joy. | 25So it was David, with the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom with joy. |
| 26And so it was, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bulls and seven rams. | 26Because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. |
| 27David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the music master with the singers. David also wore a linen ephod. | 27Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the singing with the singers. David also wore an ephod of linen. |
| 28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets and with cymbals, making music with stringed instruments and harps. | 28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres. |
| 29And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the City of David, that Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling and playing music; and she despised him in her heart. | 29It happened when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit //www.lockman.org |
|
