Dual Panel1David constructed <06213> buildings <01004> in the City <05892> of David <01732>; he then prepared <03559> a place <04725> for the ark <0727> of God <0430> and pitched <05186> a tent <0168> for it.
2Then <0227> David <01732> said <0559>, “Only <0518> the Levites <03881> may carry <05375> the ark <0727> of God <0430>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> chose <0977> them to carry <05375> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> and to serve <08334> before <05704> him perpetually <05769>.
3David <01732> assembled <06950> all <03605> Israel <03478> at <0413> Jerusalem <03389> to bring <05927> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> up <05927> to <0413> the place <04725> he had prepared <03559> for it.
4David <01732> gathered together <0622> the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175> and the Levites <03881>:
5From the descendants <01121> of Kohath <06955>: Uriel <0222> the leader <08269> and 120 <06242> <03967> of his relatives <0251>.
6From the descendants <01121> of Merari <04847>: Asaiah <06222> the leader <08269> and 220 <06242> <03967> of his relatives <0251>.
7From the descendants <01121> of Gershom <01648>: Joel <03100> the leader <08269> and 130 <07970> <03967> of his relatives <0251>.
8From the descendants <01121> of Elizaphan <0469>: Shemaiah <08098> the leader <08269> and 200 <03967> of his relatives <0251>.
9From the descendants <01121> of Hebron <02275>: Eliel <0447> the leader <08269> and 80 <08084> of his relatives <0251>.
10From the descendants <01121> of Uzziel <05816>: Amminadab <05992> the leader <08269> and 112 <06240> <08147> <03967> of his relatives <0251>.
11David <01732> summoned <07121> the priests <03548> Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054>, along with the Levites <03881> Uriel <0222>, Asaiah <06222>, Joel <03100>, Shemaiah <08098>, Eliel <0447>, and Amminadab <05992>.
12He told <0559> them: “You <0859> are the leaders <07218> of the Levites <03881>’ families <01>. You <0859> and your relatives <0251> must consecrate <06942> yourselves and bring <05927> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> up to <0413> the place I have prepared <03559> for it.
13The first <07223> time you <0859> did not <03808> carry it; that is why the Lord <03068> God <0430> attacked <06555> us, because <03588> we did not <03808> ask <01875> him about the proper way <04941> to carry it.”
14The priests <03548> and Levites <03881> consecrated <06942> themselves so they could bring up <05927> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
15The descendants <01121> of Levi <03881> carried <05375> the ark <0727> of God <0430> on their shoulders <03802> with poles <04133>, just as Moses <04872> had ordered <06680> according to the divine <03068> command <01697>.
16David <01732> told <0559> the leaders <08269> of the Levites <03881> to appoint <05975> some of their relatives <0251> as musicians <07891>; they were to play various instruments <07892> <03627>, including stringed instruments <03658> <05035> and cymbals <04700>, and to sing <08085> loudly <06963> and joyfully <08057>.
17So the Levites <03881> appointed <05975> Heman <01968> son <01121> of Joel <03100>; one of his relatives <0251>, Asaph <0623> son <01121> of Berechiah <01296>; one of the descendants <01121> of Merari <0251> <04847>, Ethan <0387> son <01121> of Kushaiah <06984>;
18along with <05973> some of their relatives <0251> who were second in rank <04932>, including Zechariah <02148>, Jaaziel <03268>, Shemiramoth <08070>, Jehiel <03171>, Unni <06042>, Eliab <0446>, Benaiah <01141>, Maaseiah <04641>, Mattithiah <04993>, Eliphelehu <0466>, Mikneiah <04737>, Obed-Edom <05654>, and Jeiel <03273>, the gatekeepers <07778>.
19The musicians <07891> Heman <01968>, Asaph <0623>, and Ethan <0387> were to sound <08085> the bronze <05178> cymbals <04700>;
20Zechariah <02148>, Aziel <05815>, Shemiramoth <08070>, Jehiel <03171>, Unni <06042>, Eliab <0446>, Maaseiah <04641>, and Benaiah <01141> were to play the harps <05035> according to the alamoth <05961> style;
21Mattithiah <04993>, Eliphelehu <0466>, Mikneiah <04737>, Obed-Edom <05654>, Jeiel <03273>, and Azaziah <05812> were to play the lyres <03658> according <05921> to the sheminith <08067> style, as led by the director <05329>;
22Kenaniah <03663>, the leader <08269> of the Levites <03881>, was in charge <03256> of transport <04853>, for <03588> he <01931> was well-informed <0995> on this matter;
23Berechiah <01296> and Elkanah <0511> were guardians <07778> of the ark <0727>;
24Shebaniah <07645>, Joshaphat <03146>, Nethanel <05417>, Amasai <06022>, Zechariah <02148>, Benaiah <01141>, and Eliezer <0461> the priests <03548> were to blow <02690> the trumpets <02689> before <06440> the ark <0727> of God <0430>; Obed-Edom <05654> and Jehiel <03174> were also guardians <07778> of the ark <0727>.
25So David <01732>, the leaders <02205> of Israel <03478>, and the commanders <08269> of units of a thousand <0505> went <01980> to bring up <05927> the ark <0727> of the Lord’s <03068> covenant <01285> from <04480> the house <01004> of Obed-Edom <05654> with celebration <08057>.
26When <01961> God <0430> helped <05826> the Levites <03881> who were carrying <05375> the ark <0727> of the Lord’s <03068> covenant <01285>, they sacrificed <02076> seven <07651> bulls <06499> and seven <07651> rams <0352>.
27David <01732> was wrapped <03736> in a linen <0948> robe <04598>, as were all <03605> the Levites <03881> carrying <05375> the ark <0727>, the musicians <07891>, and Kenaniah <03663> the supervisor <08269> of transport <04853> and the musicians <07891>; David <01732> also wore a linen <0906> ephod <0646>.
28All <03605> Israel <03478> brought up <05927> the ark <0727> of the Lord’s <03068> covenant <01285>; they were shouting <08643>, blowing <07782> trumpets <02689>, sounding cymbals <04700>, and playing <08085> stringed instruments <03658> <05035>.
29As <01961> the ark <0727> of the Lord’s <03068> covenant <01285> entered <0935> the City <05892> of David <01732>, Michal <04324>, Saul’s <07586> daughter <01323>, looked <08259> out <01157> the window <02474>. When she saw <07200> King <04428> David <01732> jumping <07540> and celebrating <07832>, she despised <0959> him.