Chapter 15

And [David] made⁴ him houses in the city of David, and prepared⁵⁵ a place for the ark of God, and pitched⁴ for it a tent.

Then David said,¹ None ought to carry² the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen¹ to carry² the ark of God, and to minister¹⁵ unto him for ever.

And David gathered all Israel together⁵⁵ to Jerusalem, to bring up⁵³ the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared⁵² for it.

And David assembled⁴ the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. ⁶²⁴⁰

And David called⁴ for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

And said⁴ unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify¹⁰⁰ yourselves, [both] ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up⁵² the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto [the place that] I have prepared⁵² for it.

For because ye [did it] not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach¹ upon us, for that we sought¹ him not after the due order.

So the priests and the Levites sanctified¹⁰¹ themselves to bring up⁵³ the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

And the children of the Levites bare⁴ the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded¹⁴ according to the word of the LORD.

And David spake⁴ to the chief of the Levites to appoint⁵³ their brethren [to be] the singers³⁵ with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding,⁵⁶ by lifting up⁵³ the voice with joy.

So the Levites appointed⁵⁵ 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;

And with them their brethren of the second [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.

So the singers,³⁵ Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound⁵³ with cymbals of brass;

And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith ⁸⁰⁶⁶ to excel.¹⁵

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.⁵⁶

And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.

And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow^{56 2690 18} with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.

So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went⁶ to bring up⁵³ the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

And it came to pass, when God helped² the Levites that bare⁶ the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered⁴ seven bullocks and seven rams.

And David [was] clothed⁷ with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare⁶ the ark, and the singers,³⁵ and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers:³⁵ David also [had] upon him an ephod of linen.

Thus all Israel brought up⁵⁶ the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise⁵⁶ with psalteries and harps.

And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD came¹ to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking⁸ out at a window saw⁴ king David dancing¹⁸ and playing:¹⁸ and she despised⁴ him in her heart.