1Chronicles - Chapter 15 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. And {cf15I David} made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
  • 2. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
  • 3. And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
  • 4. And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
  • 5. Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an 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 an 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 fourscore:
  • 10. Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
  • 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 said unto them, Ye {cf15I are} the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, {cf15I both} ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto {cf15I the place that} I have prepared for it.
  • 13. For because ye {cf15I did it} not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
  • 14. So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
  • 15. And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
  • 16. And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren {cf15I to be} the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
  • 17. So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
  • 18. And with them their brethren of the second {cf15I degree}, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
  • 19. So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, {cf15I were appointed} to sound with cymbals of brass;
  • 20. And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
  • 21. And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
  • 22. And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, {cf15I was} for song: he instructed about the song, because he {cf15I was} skilful.
  • 23. And Berechiah and Elkanah {cf15I were} doorkeepers for the ark.
  • 24. And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah {cf15I were} doorkeepers for the ark.
  • 25. So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
  • 26. And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
  • 27. And David {cf15I was} clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also {cf15I had} upon him an ephod of linen.
  • 28. Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
  • 29. And it came to pass, {cf15I as} the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
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