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and he prepared<MH3559> a place<MH4725> for the ark<MH727> of God<MH430> and pitched<MH5186> a tent<MH168> for it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then<MH227> David<MH1732> said<MH559>, “No<MH3808> one is to carry<MH5375> the ark<MH727> of God<MH430> except<MH3588, 518> the Levites<MH3881>; for the LORD<MH3068> chose<MH977> them to carry<MH5375> the ark<MH727> of the LORD<MH3068> and to serve<MH8334> Him forever<MH5704, 5769>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And David<MH1732> assembled<MH6950> all<MH3605> Israel<MH3478> at Jerusalem<MH3389> to bring<MH5927> up<MH5927> the ark<MH727> of the LORD<MH3068> to its place<MH4725> which<MH834> he had prepared<MH3559> for it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>David<MH1732> gathered<MH622> together the sons<MH1121> of Aaron<MH175> and the Levites<MH3881>: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>of the sons<MH1121> of Kohath<MH6955>, Uriel<MH222> the chief<MH8269>, and 120<MH3967, 6242> of his relatives<MH251>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>of the sons<MH1121> of Merari<MH4847>, Asaiah<MH6222> the chief<MH8269>, and 220<MH3967, 6242> of his relatives<MH251>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>of the sons<MH1121> of Gershom<MH1647>, Joel<MH3100> the chief<MH8269>, and 130<MH3967, 7970> of his relatives<MH251>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>of the sons<MH1121> of Elizaphan<MH469>, Shemaiah<MH8098> the chief<MH8269>, and two<MH3967> hundred<MH3967> of his relatives<MH251>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>of the sons<MH1121> of Hebron<MH2275b>, Eliel<MH447> the chief<MH8269>, and eighty<MH8084> of his relatives<MH251>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>of the sons<MH1121> of Uzziel<MH5816>, Amminadab<MH5992> the chief<MH8269>, and 112<MH3967, 8147, 6240> of his relatives<MH251>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then David<MH1732> called<MH7121> for the priests<MH3548> Zadok<MH6659> and Abiathar<MH54>, and for the Levites<MH3881>, for Uriel<MH222>, Asaiah<MH6222>, Joel<MH3100>, Shemaiah<MH8098>, Eliel<MH447>, and Amminadab<MH5992>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and he said<MH559> to them, “You are the heads<MH7218> of the fathers’<MH1> <i>households</i> of the Levites<MH3881>; consecrate<MH6942> yourselves, you and your relatives<MH251>, so that you may bring<MH5927> up<MH5927> the ark<MH727> of the LORD<MH3068> God<MH430> of Israel<MH3478> to <i>the place</i> that I have prepared<MH3559> for it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Because<MH3588> you did not <i>carry it</i> at the first<MH7223>, the LORD<MH3068> our God<MH430> made<MH6555> an<MH6555> outburst<MH6555> against us, since we did not seek<MH1875> Him according to the ordinance<MH4941>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the priests<MH3548> and the Levites<MH3881> consecrated<MH6942> themselves to bring<MH5927> up<MH5927> the ark<MH727> of the LORD<MH3068> God<MH430> of Israel<MH3478>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The sons<MH1121> of the Levites<MH3881> carried<MH5375> the ark<MH727> of God<MH430> on their shoulders<MH3802> with the poles<MH4133> on them<MH5921>, just<MH3512c> as<MH3512c> Moses<MH4872> had commanded<MH6680> in accordance with the word<MH1697> of the LORD<MH3068>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then David<MH1732> spoke<MH559> to the chiefs<MH8269> of the Levites<MH3881> to appoint<MH5975> their relatives<MH251> <i>as</i> the singers<MH7891>, with musical<MH7892a> instruments<MH3627>, harps<MH5035b>, lyres<MH3658>, and cymbals<MH4700>, playing<MH8085> to raise<MH7311> sounds<MH6963> of joy<MH8057>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So the Levites<MH3881> appointed<MH5975> Heman<MH1968> the son<MH1121> of Joel<MH3100>, and from his relatives<MH251>, Asaph<MH623> the son<MH1121> of Berechiah<MH1296>; and from the sons<MH1121> of Merari<MH4847> their relatives<MH251>, Ethan<MH387> the son<MH1121> of Kushaiah<MH6984>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and with them their relatives<MH251> of the second<MH4932> rank<MH4932>, Zechariah<MH2148a>, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>Ben<MH1122>, Jaaziel<MH3268>, Shemiramoth<MH8070>, Jehiel<MH3171>, Unni<MH6042>, Eliab<MH446>, Benaiah<MH1141>, Maaseiah<MH4641>, Mattithiah<MH4993>, Eliphelehu<MH466>, Mikneiah<MH4737>, Obed-edom<MH5654>, and Jeiel<MH3262>, the gatekeepers<MH7778>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So the singers<MH7891>, Heman<MH1968>, Asaph<MH623>, and Ethan<MH387>, <i>were appointed</i> to sound<MH8085> aloud<MH8085> cymbals<MH4700> of bronze<MH5178>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and Zechariah<MH2148a>, Aziel<MH5815>, Shemiramoth<MH8070>, Jehiel<MH3171>, Unni<MH6042>, Eliab<MH446>, Maaseiah<MH4641>, and Benaiah<MH1141>, with harps<MH5035b> <i>tuned</i> to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>alamoth<MH5961>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and Mattithiah<MH4993>, Eliphelehu<MH466>, Mikneiah<MH4737>, Obed-edom<MH5654>, Jeiel<MH3262>, and Azaziah<MH5812>, to lead<MH5329> with <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>lyres<MH3658> <i>tuned</i> to the sheminith<MH8066>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Chenaniah<MH3663>, chief<MH8269> of the Levites<MH3881>, was <i>in charge of</i> the singing<MH4853a>; he gave<MH3256> instruction<MH3256> in singing<MH4853a> because<MH3588> he was skillful<MH995>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Berechiah<MH1296> and Elkanah<MH511> were gatekeepers<MH7778> for the ark<MH727>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Shebaniah<MH7645>, Joshaphat<MH3092>, Nethanel<MH5417>, Amasai<MH6022>, Zechariah<MH2148a>, Benaiah<MH1141>, and Eliezer<MH461>, the priests<MH3548>, blew<MH2690> the trumpets<MH2689> before<MH6440> the ark<MH727> of God<MH430>. Obed-edom<MH5654> and Jehiah<MH3174> also <i>were</i> gatekeepers<MH7778> for the ark<MH727>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So <i>it was</i> David<MH1732>, with the elders<MH2205> of Israel<MH3478> and the captains<MH8269> of thousands<MH505>, who went<MH1980> to bring<MH5927> up<MH5927> the ark<MH727> of the covenant<MH1285> of the LORD<MH3068> from the house<MH1004> of Obed-edom<MH5654> with joy<MH8057>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Because God<MH430> was helping<MH5826> the Levites<MH3881> who were carrying<MH5375> the ark<MH727> of the covenant<MH1285> of the LORD<MH3068>, they sacrificed<MH2076> seven<MH7651> bulls<MH6499> and seven<MH7651> rams<MH352a>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now David<MH1732> was clothed<MH3736> with a robe<MH4598> of fine<MH948> linen<MH948> with all<MH3605> the Levites<MH3881> who were carrying<MH5375> the ark<MH727>, and the singers<MH7891>, and Chenaniah<MH3663> the leader<MH8269> of the singing<MH4853a> <i>with</i> the singers<MH7891>. David<MH1732> also wore<MH5921> an ephod<MH646> of linen<MH906>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So all<MH3605> Israel<MH3478> brought<MH5927> up<MH5927> the ark<MH727> of the covenant<MH1285> of the LORD<MH3068> with shouting<MH8643>, and with <i>the</i> sound<MH6963> of the horn<MH7782>, with trumpets<MH2689>, with loud-sounding<MH8085> cymbals<MH4700>, with harps<MH5035b>, and lyres<MH3658>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When the ark<MH727> of the covenant<MH1285> of the LORD<MH3068> came<MH935> to the city<MH5892b> of David<MH1732>, Michal<MH4324> the daughter<MH1323> of Saul<MH7586> looked<MH8259> out<MH8259> of the window<MH2474> and saw<MH7200> King<MH4428> David<MH1732> dancing<MH7540> and celebrating<MH7832>; and she despised<MH959> him in her heart<MH3820>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Omitted in LXX and many mss<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Or perhaps the pitch <i>of young girls</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Or <i>octave</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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