1 Chronicles 15:2-14

MKJV(i) 2 Then David said, No one ought to carry the ark of God except the Levites, for God has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to Him forever. 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah to its place which he had prepared for it. 4 And David gathered the sons of Aaron, and the Levites. 5 From the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and a hundred and twenty of his brothers. 6 From the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brothers. 7 From the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and a hundred and thirty of his brothers. 8 From the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and two hundred of his brothers. 9 From the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief and eighty of his brothers. 10 From the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief and a hundred and twelve of his brothers. 11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab. 12 And he said to them, You are the heads of the fathers of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel to the place which I have prepared for it. 13 For because you did not do it at the first, Jehovah our God made a break on us, since we did not seek Him in due order. 14 And the priests and the Levites made themselves pure in order to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.