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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Chronicles 15 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_chronicles/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_chronicles/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > 1 Chronicles 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_chronicles/14.htm" title="1 Chronicles 14">◄</a> 1 Chronicles 15 <a href="../1_chronicles/16.htm" title="1 Chronicles 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Getting Ready to Move the Covenant Box</h3><p class="par"><span class="v13_15_1"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.1" class="v13_15_1">1</span>For his own use, David built houses in David's City.<a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.15.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> He also prepared a place for God's Covenant Box and put up a tent for it. </span><span class="v13_15_2"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.2" class="v13_15_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.15.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then he said, “Only Levites should carry the Covenant Box, because they are the ones the <span class="nd">Lord</span> chose to carry it and to serve him forever.” </span><span class="v13_15_3"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.3" class="v13_15_3">3</span>So David summoned all the people of Israel to Jerusalem in order to bring the Covenant Box to the place he had prepared for it. </span><span class="v13_15_4"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.4" class="v13_15_4">4</span>Next he sent for the descendants of Aaron and for the Levites. </span><span class="v13_15_5"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.5" class="v13_15_5">5</span>From the Levite clan of Kohath came Uriel, in charge of 120 members of his clan; </span><span class="v13_15_6"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.6" class="v13_15_6">6</span>from the clan of Merari came Asaiah, in charge of 220; </span><span class="v13_15_7"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.7" class="v13_15_7">7</span>from the clan of Gershon, Joel, in charge of 130; </span><span class="v13_15_8"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.8" class="v13_15_8">8</span>from the clan of Elizaphan, Shemaiah, in charge of 200; </span><span class="v13_15_9"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.9" class="v13_15_9">9</span>from the clan of Hebron, Eliel, in charge of 80; </span><span class="v13_15_10"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.10" class="v13_15_10">10</span>and from the clan of Uzziel, Amminadab, in charge of 112.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v13_15_11"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.11" class="v13_15_11">11</span>David called in the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the six Levites, Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. </span><span class="v13_15_12"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.12" class="v13_15_12">12</span>He said to the Levites, “You are the leaders of the Levite clans. Purify yourselves and your fellow Levites, so that you can bring the Covenant Box of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. </span><span class="v13_15_13"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.13" class="v13_15_13">13</span>Because you were not there to carry it the first time, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> our God punished us for not worshiping him as we should have done.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v13_15_14"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.14" class="v13_15_14">14</span>Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to move the Covenant Box of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God of Israel. </span><span class="v13_15_15"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.15" class="v13_15_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.15.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The Levites carried it on poles on their shoulders, as the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had commanded through Moses.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v13_15_16"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.16" class="v13_15_16">16</span>David commanded the leaders of the Levites to assign various Levites to sing and to play joyful music on harps and cymbals. </span><span class="v13_15_17"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.17-1Chr.15.21" class="v13_15_17">17-21</span>From the clans of singers they chose the following men to play the brass cymbals: Heman son of Joel, his relative Asaph son of Berechiah, and Ethan son of Kushaiah, of the clan of Merari. To assist them they chose the following Levites to play the high-pitched harps: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v13_15_17">To play the low-pitched harps they chose the following Levites: Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Azaziah, and the Temple guards, Obed Edom and Jeiel.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v13_15_22"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.22" class="v13_15_22">22</span>Because of his skill in music Chenaniah was chosen to be in charge of the levitical musicians. </span><span class="v13_15_23"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.23-1Chr.15.24" class="v13_15_23">23-24</span>Berechiah and Elkanah, along with Obed Edom and Jehiah, were chosen as guards for the Covenant Box. The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer were chosen to blow trumpets in front of the Covenant Box.</span></p><h3 class="s">Moving the Covenant Box to Jerusalem</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2SA 6:12-22">2 Samuel 6.12-22</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v13_15_25"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.25" class="v13_15_25">25</span>So King David, the leaders of Israel, and the military commanders went to the house of Obed Edom to get the Covenant Box, and they had a great celebration. </span><span class="v13_15_26"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.26" class="v13_15_26">26</span>They sacrificed seven bulls and seven sheep, to make sure that God would help the Levites who were carrying the Covenant Box. </span><span class="v13_15_27"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.27" class="v13_15_27">27</span>David was wearing a robe made of the finest linen, and so were the musicians, Chenaniah their leader, and the Levites who carried the Box. David also wore a linen ephod. </span><span class="v13_15_28"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.28" class="v13_15_28">28</span>So all the Israelites accompanied the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy, the sound of trumpets, horns, and cymbals, and the music of harps.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v13_15_29"><span class="reftext" id="1Chr.15.29" class="v13_15_29">29</span>As the Box was being brought into the city, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and leaping for joy, and she was disgusted with him.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.1: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">David's City: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">That part of Jerusalem which David had captured from the original inhabitants, the Jebusites (see 2 S 5.6-10).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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