Thomson(i)
2 then David said, None but the Levites ought to carry the ark of God; for the Lord hath chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.
3 So when David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the Lord to the place which he had prepared for it,
4 he assembled the sons of Aaron, the Levites;
5 of the Kaathites, Uriel the chief and his brethren, a hundred and twenty;
6 of the Merarites, Asaia the chief and his brethren, two hundred and twenty;
7 of the Gersonites, Joel the chief and his brethren, a hundred and thirty;
8 of the sons of Elisaphat, Semei, the chief and his brethren, two hundred;
9 of the sons of Chebron, Eliel the chief and his brethren, eighty;
10 of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab the chief and his brethren, a hundred and twelve.
11 And David sent for Sadok, and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaia and Joel, and Semaia and Eliel, and Aminadab,
12 and said to them, You chiefs of the families of the Levites, purify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may carry up the ark of the God of Israel to the place which I have prepared for it;
13 for because you did not do this on the former occasion, our God made a breach among us, because we did not seek him with judgment.
14 So when the priests and the Levites had purified themselves to carry the ark of the God of Israel,