I Chronicles 15 The Ark is Taken from the House of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem

 I Chronicles 15

The Ark is Taken from the House of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem

1 He also made a house for himself in the City of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

2 Then David said, "No one may carry the ark of God except the Levites, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to him forever."

3 So David gathered all Israel together in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place which he had prepared for it.

4 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites.

5 Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred and twenty.

6 Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred and twenty.

7 Of the sons of Gershon: Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred and thirty.

8 Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred.

9 Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty.

10 Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred and twelve.

11 Then David called for the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and for the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

12 And he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses among the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

13 For because you did not do so at first, the LORD has broken through with us, because we did not seek him according to the ordinance.” 

14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

15 And the sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders, as Moses commanded, according to the word of the Lord, with the staves that were on them.

16 And David commanded the princes of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers with musical instruments, with psalteries, harps, and cymbals, that they might make a sound, lifting up their voices with joy.

17 So the Levites commanded 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 brothers of the second order: Zechariah, Ben, and Jahaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jeiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithitas, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

19 And the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with brass cymbals;

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

21 And Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with psalteries on Sheminit, to make the tone louder.

22 And Chenaniah the prince of the Levites was in charge of the song; he taught them to sing it, for he understood.

23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

25 And it came to pass, that 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 Obed-edom with joy.

26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. 

27 David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who carried the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah, chief of those who carried the ark and of the singers; David also had a linen ephod on him. 

28 All Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of cornets, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, and with harps and lyres. 

29 When the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out of a window and saw David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.