The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 15
1 David made himself houses in David’s
city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark,
and pitched a tent for it.
2 Then David said, “No one oughtto carry
God’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has
chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to
minister to him forever.”
3 David assembled all Israel at
Jerusalem, to bring up Yahweh’s ark to its
place, which he had prepared for it.
4 David gathered together the sons of
Aaron and the Levites:
5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief,
and his brothers one hundred twenty;
6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief,
and his brothers two hundred twenty;
7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief,
and his brothers one hundred 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
twelve.
11 David called for Zadok and Abiathar
the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel,
Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 and said to them, “You are the heads
of the fathers’ households of the Levites.
Sanctify yourselves, both you and your
brothers, that you may bring the ark of
Yahweh, the God of Israel, up to the place
that I have prepared for it.
13 For because you didn’t carry it at
first, Yahweh our God broke out in anger
against us, because we didn’t seek him
according to the ordinance.”
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of
Yahweh, the God of Israel.
15 The children of the Levites bore God’s
ark on their shoulders with its poles, as
Moses commanded according to Yahweh’s
word.
16 David spoke to the chief of the Levites
to appoint their brothers as singers with
instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding
aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the
son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the
son of Berechiah; and ofthe sons of Merari
their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18 and with them their brothers of the
second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel,
Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu,
Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the
doorkeepers.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and
Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to
sound aloud;
20 and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth,
Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah,
with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;
21 and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah,
Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps
tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
22 Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was
over the singing. He taught the singers,
because he was skillful.
23 Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24 Shebaniah,Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the
priests, blew the trumpets before God’s
ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were
doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the
captains over thousands went to bring the
ark of Yahweh’s covenant up out of the
house of Obed-Edom with joy.
26 When God helped the Levites who
bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, they
sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
27 David was clothed with a robe of fine
linen, as were all the Levites who bore the
ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the choir
master with the singers; and David had an
ephod of linen on him.
28 Thus all Israel brought the ark of
Yahweh’s covenant up with shouting,
with sound of the cornet, with trumpets,
and with cymbals, sounding aloud with
stringed instruments and harps.
29 As the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came
to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul
looked out at the window, and saw king
David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.