1 Chronicles 15:1-22 ▼

1 And he built for himself houses in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

2 Then David said, “No one may carry the ark of God but only the Levites. For YHWH has chosen them to carry the ark of YHWH and to minister before Him even to forever.”

3 And David gathered together all Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of YHWH to its place, which he had prepared for it.

4 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

5 Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and of his brothers a hundred and twenty;

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 and He said to them, “You? are heads of the fathers of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, you? and your? brothers, that you? may bring up the ark of YHWH, God of Israel, to where I have prepared for it.

13 And because at the first it was not you? not, YHWH our God broke out against us because we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.”

14 And the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of YHWH, God of Israel;

15 and the sons of the Levites carried the ark of God, as Moses had commanded according to the word of YHWH, on their shoulders with the poles on them.

16 And David spoke to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers with instruments of song, stringed instruments, and harps, and cymbals, resounding to lift up the voice with joy.

17 And the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

18 and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers.

19 And the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound;

20 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jeheil, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with strings according to Alamoth;

21 and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with lyres according to Sheminith, to oversee.

22 And Chenaniah head of the Levites was over the lifting up of song; he instructed in the lifting up, because he was skillful.