1 Chronicles 15 And David made for himself houses in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And David made for himself houses in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it. ² Then said David, It is not lawful for any to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to Him forever. ³ And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place which he had prepared for it. ⁴ And David gathered together the sons of Aaron the Levites. ⁵ Of the sons of Kohath; there was Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty. ⁶ Of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty. ⁷ Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty. ⁸ Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred. ⁹ Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty. ¹⁰ Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. ¹¹ And David called Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab, ¹² and said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, and you shall carry up the ark of the God of Israel, to the place which I have prepared for it. ¹³ For because you were not ready at the first, our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance. ¹⁴ So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, to bring up the ark of the God of Israel. ¹⁵ And the sons of the Levites took the ark of God, (as Moses commanded by the word of God according to the Scripture) upon their shoulders with poles. ¹⁶ And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy. ¹⁷ So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; Asaph the son of Berechiah was one of his brethren; and Ethan the son of Kushaiah was of the sons of Merari their brethren; ¹⁸ and with them their brethren of the second rank were Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, the porters. ¹⁹ And the singers — Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to make a sound with bronze cymbals. ²⁰ Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with lutes, according to Alamoth. ²¹ Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps of Sheminith, to make a loud noise. ²² And Chenaniah chief of the Levites was master of the bands, because he was skillful. ²³ And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. ²⁴ Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were sounding with trumpets before the ark of God. And Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark of God. ²⁵ So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains of thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with gladness. ²⁶ And it came to pass when God strengthened the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they sacrificed seven calves and seven rams. ²⁷ And David was clothed with a fine linen robe, and all the Levites who were bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the band of singers; also upon David there was a robe of fine linen. ²⁸ And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, playing loudly on lutes and harps. ²⁹ And the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived, and came to the City of David; and Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through the window, and saw King David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.