1 Chronicles 15:1-8 ▼

1 And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he 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 the LORD, and to minister unto Him for ever.'

3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto 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 his brethren a 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 a hundred and thirty;

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