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1 # And David made <06213> (8799) him houses <01004> in the city <05892> of David <01732>, and prepared <03559> (8686) a place <04725> for the ark <0727> of God <0430>, and pitched <05186> (8799) for it a tent <0168> .
2 Then David <01732> said <0559> (8804), None ought to carry <05375> (8800) the ark <0727> of God <0430> but the Levites <03881>: for them hath the LORD <03068> chosen <0977> (8804) to carry <05375> (8800) the ark <0727> of God <0430>, and to minister <08334> (8763) unto him for <05704> ever <05769>.
3 And David <01732> gathered <06950> <00> all Israel <03478> together <06950> (8686) to Jerusalem <03389>, to bring up <05927> (8687) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> unto his place <04725>, which he had prepared <03559> (8689) for it.
4 And David <01732> assembled <0622> (8799) the children <01121> of Aaron <0175>, and the Levites <03881>:
5 Of the sons <01121> of Kohath <06955>; Uriel <0222> the chief <08269>, and his brethren <0251> an hundred <03967> and twenty <06242>:
6 Of the sons <01121> of Merari <04847>; Asaiah <06222> the chief <08269>, and his brethren <0251> two hundred <03967> and twenty <06242>:
7 Of the sons <01121> of Gershom <01647>; Joel <03100> the chief <08269>, and his brethren <0251> an hundred <03967> and thirty <07970>:
8 Of the sons <01121> of Elizaphan <0469>; Shemaiah <08098> the chief <08269>, and his brethren <0251> two hundred <03967>:
9 Of the sons <01121> of Hebron <02275>; Eliel <0447> the chief <08269>, and his brethren <0251> fourscore <08084>:
10 Of the sons <01121> of Uzziel <05816>; Amminadab <05992> the chief <08269>, and his brethren <0251> an hundred <03967> and twelve <08147> <06240>.
11 And David <01732> called <07121> (8799) for Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> the priests <03548> , and for the Levites <03881>, for Uriel <0222>, Asaiah <06222>, and Joel <03100>, Shemaiah <08098>, and Eliel <0447>, and Amminadab <05992>,
12 And said <0559> (8799) unto them, Ye are the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> of the Levites <03881> : sanctify <06942> (8690) yourselves, both ye and your brethren <0251>, that ye may bring up <05927> (8689) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> unto the place that I have prepared <03559> (8689) for it.
13 For because ye did it not at the first <07223>, the LORD <03068> our God <0430> made a breach <06555> (8804) upon us, for that we sought <01875> (8804) him not after the due order <04941>.
14 So the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> sanctified <06942> (8691) themselves to bring up <05927> (8687) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
15 And the children <01121> of the Levites <03881> bare <05375> (8799) the ark <0727> of God <0430> upon their shoulders <03802> with the staves <04133> thereon, as Moses <04872> commanded <06680> (8765) according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.
16 And David <01732> spake <0559> (8799) to the chief <08269> of the Levites <03881> to appoint <05975> (8687) their brethren <0251> to be the singers <07891> (8789) with instruments <03627> of musick <07892>, psalteries <05035> and harps <03658> and cymbals <04700>, sounding <08085> (8688), by lifting up <07311> (8687) the voice <06963> with joy <08057>.
17 So the Levites <03881> appointed <05975> (8686) Heman <01968> the son <01121> of Joel <03100>; and of his brethren <0251>, Asaph <0623> the son <01121> of Berechiah <01296>; and of the sons <01121> of Merari <04847> their brethren <0251>, Ethan <0387> the son <01121> of Kushaiah <06984>;
18 And with them their brethren <0251> of the second <04932> degree, Zechariah <02148>, Ben <01122>, and Jaaziel <03268>, and Shemiramoth <08070>, and Jehiel <03171>, and Unni <06042>, Eliab <0446>, and Benaiah <01141>, and Maaseiah <04641> , and Mattithiah <04993>, and Elipheleh <0466>, and Mikneiah <04737>, and Obededom <05654>, and Jeiel <03273>, the porters <07778>.
19 So the singers <07891> (8789), Heman <01968>, Asaph <0623>, and Ethan <0387>, were appointed to sound <08085> (8687) with cymbals <04700> of brass <05178>;
20 And Zechariah <02148>, and Aziel <05815>, and Shemiramoth <08070>, and Jehiel <03171>, and Unni <06042>, and Eliab <0446>, and Maaseiah <04641>, and Benaiah <01141>, with psalteries <05035> on Alamoth <05961>;
21 And Mattithiah <04993>, and Elipheleh <0466>, and Mikneiah <04737>, and Obededom <05654>, and Jeiel <03273>, and Azaziah <05812>, with harps <03658> on the Sheminith <08067> to excel <05329> (8763).
22 And Chenaniah <03663>, chief <08269> of the Levites <03881>, was for song <04853>: he instructed <03256> about the song <04853>, because he was skilful <0995> (8688).
23 And Berechiah <01296> and Elkanah <0511> were doorkeepers <07778> for the ark <0727>.
24 And Shebaniah <07645>, and Jehoshaphat <03146>, and Nethaneel <05417>, and Amasai <06022>, and Zechariah <02148> , and Benaiah <01141>, and Eliezer <0461>, the priests <03548>, did blow <02690> (8688) (8675) <02690> (8764) with the trumpets <02689> before <06440> the ark <0727> of God <0430>: and Obededom <05654> and Jehiah <03174> were doorkeepers <07778> for the ark <0727>.
25 # So David <01732>, and the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>, and the captains <08269> over thousands <0505>, went <01980> (8802) to bring up <05927> (8687) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> out of the house <01004> of Obededom <05654> with joy <08057>.
26 And it came to pass, when God <0430> helped <05826> (8800) the Levites <03881> that bare <05375> (8802) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068>, that they offered <02076> (8799) seven <07651> bullocks <06499> and seven <07651> rams <0352>.
27 And David <01732> was clothed <03736> (8794) with a robe <04598> of fine linen <0948>, and all the Levites <03881> that bare <05375> (8802) the ark <0727>, and the singers <07891> (8789), and Chenaniah <03663> the master <08269> of the song <04853> with the singers <07891> (8789): David <01732> also had upon him an ephod <0646> of linen <0906>.
28 Thus all Israel <03478> brought up <05927> (8688) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> with shouting <08643>, and with sound <06963> of the cornet <07782>, and with trumpets <02689>, and with cymbals <04700>, making a noise <08085> (8688) with psalteries <05035> and harps <03658>.
29 And it came to pass, as the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> came <0935> (8804) to the city <05892> of David <01732>, that Michal <04324> the daughter <01323> of Saul <07586> looking out <08259> (8738) at a window <02474> saw <07200> (8799) king <04428> David <01732> dancing <07540> (8764) and playing <07832> (8764): and she despised <0959> (8799) him in her heart <03820>.