Dual Panel1Now David built<6213> houses<1004> for himself in the city<5892> of David<1732>; and he prepared<3559> a place<4725> for the ark<727> of God<430> and pitched<5186> a tent<168> for it.
2Then<227> David<1732> said<559>, "No<3808> one is to carry<5375> the ark<727> of God<430> but the Levites<3881>; for the LORD<3068> chose<977> them to carry<5375> the ark<727> of God<430> and to minister<8334> to Him forever<5704><5769>."
3And David<1732> assembled<6950> all<3605> Israel<3478> at Jerusalem<3389> to bring<5927> up the ark<727> of the LORD<3068> to its place<4725> which<834> he had prepared<3559> for it.
4David<1732> gathered<622> together the sons<1121> of Aaron<175> and the Levites<3881>:
5of the sons<1121> of Kohath<6955>, Uriel<222> the chief<8269>, and 120 <3967><6242> of his relatives<251>;
6of the sons<1121> of Merari<4847>, Asaiah<6222> the chief<8269>, and 220 <3967><6242> of his relatives<251>;
7of the sons<1121> of Gershom<1647>, Joel<3100> the chief<8269>, and 130 <3967><7970> of his relatives<251>;
8of the sons<1121> of Elizaphan<469>, Shemaiah<8098> the chief<8269>, and 200 <3967> of his relatives<251>;
9of the sons<1121> of Hebron<2275>, Eliel<447> the chief<8269>, and 80 <8084> of his relatives<251>;
10of the sons<1121> of Uzziel<5816>, Amminadab<5992> the chief<8269>, and 112 <3967><8147><6240> of his relatives<251>.
11Then David<1732> called<7121> for Zadok<6659> and Abiathar<54> the priests<3548>, and for the Levites<3881>, for Uriel<222>, Asaiah<6222>, Joel<3100>, Shemaiah<8098>, Eliel<447> and Amminadab<5992>,
12and said<559> to them, "You are the heads<7218> of the fathers'<1> households of the Levites<3881>; consecrate<6942> yourselves both you and your relatives<251>, that you may bring<5927> up the ark<727> of the LORD<3068> God<430> of Israel<3478> to the place that I have prepared<3559> for it.
13"Because<3588> you did not carry it at the first<7223>, the LORD<3068> our God<430> made<6555> an outburst<6555> on us, for we did not seek<1875> Him according to the ordinance<4941>."
14So the priests<3548> and the Levites<3881> consecrated<6942> themselves to bring<5927> up the ark<727> of the LORD<3068> God<430> of Israel<3478>.
15The sons<1121> of the Levites<3881> carried<5375> the ark<727> of God<430> on their shoulders<3802> with the poles<4133> thereon<5921>, as Moses<4872> had commanded<6680> according to the word<1697> of the LORD<3068>.
16Then David<1732> spoke<559> to the chiefs<8269> of the Levites<3881> to appoint<5975> their relatives<251> the singers<7891>, with instruments<3627> of music<7892>, harps<5035>, lyres<3658>, loud-sounding<8085> cymbals<4700>, to raise<7311> sounds<6963> of joy<8057>.
17So the Levites<3881> appointed<5975> Heman<1968> the son<1121> of Joel<3100>, and from his relatives<251>, Asaph<623> the son<1121> of Berechiah<1296>; and from the sons<1121> of Merari<4847> their relatives<251>, Ethan<387> the son<1121> of Kushaiah<6984>,
18and with them their relatives<251> of the second<4932> rank<4932>, Zechariah<2148>, Ben<1122>, Jaaziel<3268>, Shemiramoth<8070>, Jehiel<3171>, Unni<6042>, Eliab<446>, Benaiah<1141>, Maaseiah<4641>, Mattithiah<4993>, Eliphelehu<466>, Mikneiah<4737>, Obed-edom<5654> and Jeiel<3262>, the gatekeepers<7778>.
19So the singers<7891>, Heman<1968>, Asaph<623> and Ethan<387> were appointed to sound<8085> aloud cymbals<4700> of bronze<5178>;
20and Zechariah<2148>, Aziel<5815>, Shemiramoth<8070>, Jehiel<3171>, Unni<6042>, Eliab<446>, Maaseiah<4641> and Benaiah<1141>, with harps<5035> tuned to alamoth<5961>;
21and Mattithiah<4993>, Eliphelehu<466>, Mikneiah<4737>, Obed-edom<5654>, Jeiel<3262> and Azaziah<5812>, to lead<5329> with lyres<3658> tuned to the sheminith<8066>.
22Chenaniah<3663>, chief<8269> of the Levites<3881>, was in charge of the singing<4853>; he gave<3256> instruction<3256> in singing<4853> because<3588> he was skillful<995>.
23Berechiah<1296> and Elkanah<511> were gatekeepers<7778> for the ark<727>.
24Shebaniah<7645>, Joshaphat<3092>, Nethanel<5417>, Amasai<6022>, Zechariah<2148>, Benaiah<1141> and Eliezer<461>, the priests<3548>, blew<2690> the trumpets<2689> before<6440> the ark<727> of God<430>. Obed-edom<5654> and Jehiah<3174> also were gatekeepers<7778> for the ark<727>.
25So it was David<1732>, with the elders<2205> of Israel<3478> and the captains<8269> over thousands<505>, who went<1980> to bring<5927> up the ark<727> of the covenant<1285> of the LORD<3068> from the house<1004> of Obed-edom<5654> with joy<8057>.
26Because God<430> was helping<5826> the Levites<3881> who were carrying<5375> the ark<727> of the covenant<1285> of the LORD<3068>, they sacrificed<2076> seven<7651> bulls<6499> and seven<7651> rams<352>.
27Now David<1732> was clothed<3736> with a robe<4598> of fine<948> linen<948> with all<3605> the Levites<3881> who were carrying<5375> the ark<727>, and the singers<7891> and Chenaniah<3663> the leader<8269> of the singing<4853> with the singers<7891>. David<1732> also wore<5921> an ephod<646> of linen<906>.
28Thus all<3605> Israel<3478> brought<5927> up the ark<727> of the covenant<1285> of the LORD<3068> with shouting<8643>, and with sound<6963> of the horn<7782>, with trumpets<2689>, with loud-sounding<8085> cymbals<4700>, with harps<5035> and lyres<3658>.
29It happened<1961> when the ark<727> of the covenant<1285> of the LORD<3068> came<935> to the city<5892> of David<1732>, that Michal<4324> the daughter<1323> of Saul<7586> looked<8259> out of the window<2474> and saw<7200> King<4428> David<1732> leaping<7540> and celebrating<7832>; and she despised<959> him in her heart<3820>.