1And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the Ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
2And then David said, the Ark of God ought not to be carried but of the Levites. For them hath the LORD chosen to bear the Ark of the LORD and to minister to him for ever.
3And therefore David gathered all Israel to Jerusalem, to fetch the Ark of the LORD unto the place which he had ordained for it.
4And David brought together the children of Aaron and the Levites.
5Of the sons of Cahath: Uriel the chief, and of his brethren an hundredth and twenty.
6And of the children of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and of his brethren two hundredth and twenty.
7And of the sons of Gersom: Joel the chief, and of his brethren an hundredth and thirty.
8And of the children of Elizaphan: Semeiah the chief and of his brethren two hundredth.
9And of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and of his brethren eighty.
10And of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab the chief, and of his brethren an hundredth and twelve.
11And David called to Zadock and Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Semeiah, Eliel and Aminadab:
12and said unto them: ye are the principal heads of the Levites, sanctify therefore yourselves and your brethren and bring the Ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
13For because ye were not there at the first time, the LORD our God made a rent among us, for that we sought him not as the fashion ought to be.
14And the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to fetch the Ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15And the children of the Levites bare the Ark of God(Ark of God the LORDE) upon their shoulders with staves thereon as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
16And David spake to the chief heads of the Levites, that they should appoint of their brethren to sing with instruments of music: psalteries, harps and cymbals that sounded, and to sing on high with Joyfulness.
17And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel: and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Barachiah. And of the sons of Merari their brethren: Ethan the son of Cusaiahu.
18And with them their brethren of the second degree: Zachariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Semiramoth, Jahiel, Uri, Eliab, Banaiah, Maasaiah, Mathathiah, Eliphelehu, Makeniah, Obed Edom and Jeiel, porters.
19Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang with cymbals of brass to make a sound.
20And Zachariah, Oziel, Semiramoth, Jehiel, Ani, Eliab, Maasaiah and Banaiah sang with psalteries on an Almoth.
21And Mathathiah, Eliphelehu, Makeniah, Obed Edom, Jeiel, and Ozaziah sang with harps an eight above to courage with all.
22And Conaniah the chief of the Levites was master of the song and taught to sing, for he was a man of understanding.
23And Barachiah and Elcanah kept the door of the Ark.
24And Sacaniah, Jehosaphat, Nathaniel, Amasai, Zachariah, Banaiah and Eliezer priests were blowers with trumpets before the Ark of God. And Obed Edom and Jahiah were keepers of the door of the Ark.
25And David and the elders of Israel and the Captains over thousands went to fetch the Ark of the appointment of the LORD out of the house of Obed Edom with gladness.
26And when God had holp the Levites that bare the Ark of the appointment of the LORD, they offered seven oxen and seven rams.
27And David had on him an alb of byss, and so had the Levites that bare the Ark, and so had the singers, and Conaniah the ruler of the song and of the singers. And David had moreover upon him an Ephod of linen.
28And all Israel brought the Ark of the LORD's covenant with shouting and blowing of horns, and with trumpets and cymbals that sounded, and with psalteries and harps.
29And as the Ark of the appointment of the LORD came unto the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul looked out at a window: and when she saw king David dancing and playing, she despised him in her heart.