15:1 David
built
houses
for
himself
in
the
city
of
David.
And
he
prepared
a
place
for
the
ark
of
God
and
pitched
a
tent
for
it.
15:2 Then
David
said
that
no
one
but
the
Levites
may
carry
the
ark
of
God,
for
the
LORD
had
chosen
them
to
carry
the
ark
of
the
LORD
and
to
minister
to
him
forever.
15:3 And
David
assembled
all
Israel
at
Jerusalem
to
bring
up
the
ark
of
the
LORD
to
its
place,
which
he
had
prepared
for
it.
15:4 And
David
gathered
together
the
sons
of
Aaron
and
the
Levites:
15:5 of
the
sons
of
Kohath,
Uriel
the
chief,
with
120
of
his
brothers;
15:6 of
the
sons
of
Merari,
Asaiah
the
chief,
with
220
of
his
brothers;
15:7 of
the
sons
of
Gershom,
Joel
the
chief,
with
130
of
his
brothers;
15:8 of
the
sons
of
Elizaphan,
Shemaiah
the
chief,
with
200
of
his
brothers;
15:9 of
the
sons
of
Hebron,
Eliel
the
chief,
with
80
of
his
brothers;
15:10 of
the
sons
of
Uzziel,
Amminadab
the
chief,
with
112
of
his
brothers.
15:11 Then
David
summoned
the
priests
Zadok
and
Abiathar,
and
the
Levites
Uriel,
Asaiah,
Joel,
Shemaiah,
Eliel,
and
Amminadab,
15:12 and
said
to
them,
"You
are
the
heads
of
the
fathers'
houses
of
the
Levites.
Consecrate
yourselves,
you
and
your
brothers,
so
that
you
may
bring
up
the
ark
of
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
to
the
place
that
I
have
prepared
for
it.
15:13 Because
you
did
not
carry
it
the
first
time,
the
LORD
our
God
broke
out
against
us,
because
we
did
not
seek
him
according
to
the
rule."
15:14 So
the
priests
and
the
Levites
consecrated
themselves
to
bring
up
the
ark
of
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel.
15:15 And
the
Levites
carried
the
ark
of
God
on
their
shoulders
with
the
poles,
as
Moses
had
commanded
according
to
the
word
of
the
LORD.
15:16 David
also
commanded
the
chiefs
of
the
Levites
to
appoint
their
brothers
as
the
singers
who
should
play
loudly
on
musical
instruments,
on
harps
and
lyres
and
cymbals,
to
raise
sounds
of
joy.
15:17 So
the
Levites
appointed
Heman
the
son
of
Joel;
and
of
his
brothers
Asaph
the
son
of
Berechiah;
and
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
their
brothers,
Ethan
the
son
of
Kushaiah;
15:18 and
with
them
their
brothers
of
the
second
order,
Zechariah,
Jaaziel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Unni,
Eliab,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattithiah,
Eliphelehu,
and
Mikneiah,
and
the
gatekeepers
Obed-edom
and
Jeiel.
15:19 The
singers,
Heman,
Asaph,
and
Ethan,
were
to
sound
bronze
cymbals;
15:20 Zechariah,
Aziel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Unni,
Eliab,
Maaseiah,
and
Benaiah
were
to
play
harps
according
to
Alamoth;
15:21 but
Mattithiah,
Eliphelehu,
Mikneiah,
Obed-edom,
Jeiel,
and
Azaziah
were
to
lead
with
lyres
according
to
the
Sheminith.
15:22 Chenaniah,
leader
of
the
Levites
in
music,
should
direct
the
music,
for
he
understood
it.
15:23 Berechiah
and
Elkanah
were
to
be
gatekeepers
for
the
ark.
15:24 Shebaniah,
Joshaphat,
Nethanel,
Amasai,
Zechariah,
Benaiah,
and
Eliezer,
the
priests,
should
blow
the
trumpets
before
the
ark
of
God.
Obed-edom
and
Jehiah
were
to
be
gatekeepers
for
the
ark.
15:25 So
David
and
the
elders
of
Israel
and
the
commanders
of
thousands
went
to
bring
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
from
the
house
of
Obed-edom
with
rejoicing.
15:26 And
because
God
helped
the
Levites
who
were
carrying
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD,
they
sacrificed
seven
bulls
and
seven
rams.
15:27 David
was
clothed
with
a
robe
of
fine
linen,
as
also
were
all
the
Levites
who
were
carrying
the
ark,
and
the
singers
and
Chenaniah
the
leader
of
the
music
of
the
singers.
And
David
wore
a
linen
ephod.
15:28 So
all
Israel
brought
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
with
shouting,
to
the
sound
of
the
horn,
trumpets,
and
cymbals,
and
made
loud
music
on
harps
and
lyres.
15:29 And
as
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
came
to
the
city
of
David,
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul
looked
out
of
the
window
and
saw
King
David
dancing
and
rejoicing,
and
she
despised
him
in
her
heart.