1 Chronicles 15:1-11 ▼

1 And he makes houses for himself in the City of David, and prepares a place for the Ark of God, and stretches out a tent for it.

2 Then David said, “None [are] to carry the Ark of God, except the Levites, for YHWH has fixed on them to carry the Ark of God and to serve Him for all time.”

3 And David assembles all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the Ark of YHWH to its place that he had prepared for it.

4 And David gathers the sons of Aaron and the Levites—

5 of sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief and one hundred and twenty of his brothers;

6 of sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief and two hundred and twenty of his brothers;

7 of sons of Gershom: Joel the chief and one hundred and thirty of his brothers;

8 of sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and two hundred of his brothers;

9 of sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief and eighty of his brothers;

10 of sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief and one hundred and twelve of his brothers.

11 And David calls to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,