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          DASV: 1 Chronicles 15    

1 David built buildings for himself in the city of David. He prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.
2 Then David said, "No one except the Levites ought to carry the ark of God, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever."
3 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
4 David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
5 From the sons of Kohath, Uriel was the chief, and 120 of his relatives.
6 From the sons of Merari, Asaiah was the chief, and 120 of his relatives.
7 From the sons of Gershom, Joel was the chief, and 130 of his relatives.
8 From the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah was the chief, and 200 of his relatives.
9 From the sons of Hebron, Eliel was the chief, and 80 of his relatives.
10 From the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab was the chief, and 112 of his relatives.

11 David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, along with the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
12 He told them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families. Consecrate yourselves, both you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
13 Because you did not carry it up the first time, the LORD our God's anger burst out on us because we did not ask him how to carry it in the proper way."
14 So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
15 The Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

16 David directed the chief of the Levites to appoint their relatives as the singers, with musical instruments: lyres, harps, and cymbals; to raise loud music with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and of his brothers; Asaph the son of Berechiah; and the sons of Merari and their brothers, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
18 and with them their brothers of the second order: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound aloud with bronze cymbals.
20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, were to play the harps according to Alamoth.
21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, were to lead with the lyres according to Sheminith.
22 Kenaniah, chief of the Levites, was the music director, for he was instructed and skillful in music.
23 Berekiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.
24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were guardians of the ark.

25 So David and the elders of Israel, and the commanders of the thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom with celebration.
26 God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, so they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
27 David was dressed in a fine linen robe, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Kenaniah the choir director, as well as David, wore a linen vest-like ephod.
28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the blowing of rams' horns, trumpets, and cymbals, playing with harps and lyres.
29 As the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out a window. She saw king David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

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