1 Chronicles 15:4-29 ▼

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.

23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.

24 And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the face of the ark of God. And Obed-edom and Jehiah were gatekeepers for the ark.

25 And it came to pass that David and the elders of Israel and the chiefs of the thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH from the house of Obed-edom with joy.

26 And it came to pass, in God helping the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of YHWH, that they offered seven bulls and seven rams.

27 And David was wrapped in a robe of fine linen, and were all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah head of the lifting up of the singers. And on David was an Ephod of linen.

28 And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of YHWH with shouting, and with the sound of the shofar, and with the trumpets, and with cymbals, making music with stringed instruments and harps.

29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of YHWH came to the City of David, that Michal daughter of Saul looked through the window and saw King David dancing and playing music; and she despised him in her heart.