1 Chronicles 15:4-16 ▼

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

5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with 120 of his relatives;

6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 of his relatives;

7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 of his relatives;

8 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with 200 of his relatives;

9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with 80 of his relatives;

10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with 112 of his relatives.

11 Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites—Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,

12 and he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves, both you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

13 Because you did not [carry it as God directed] the first time, the LORD our God made an [angry] outburst against us, for we did not seek Him in accordance with the ordinance.”

14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated (dedicated) themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

15 The Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

16 Then David told the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives as the singers, with instruments of music—harps, lyres, and cymbals—to play loudly and to raise sounds of joy [with their voices].