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Holy Bible
(King James Version)
First
Chronicles : Chapter 15
1. And
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; U-ri-el the chief, and his brethren an hundred
and twenty:
6. Of the sons of Me-rar-i; A-sai-ah 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 E-li-za-phan; Shem-ai-ah the chief, and his brethren
two hundred:
9. Of the sons of Hebron; E-li-el the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
10. Of the sons of Uz-zi-el; Am-min-a-dab the chief, and his brethren an
hundred and twelve.
11. And David called for Zadok and A-bi-a-thar the priests, and for the
Levites, for U-ri-el, A-sai-ah, and Joel, Shem-ai-ah, and E-li-el, and
Am-min-a-dab,
12. And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites:
sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the
ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for
it.
13. For because ye 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 to be the singers with instruments of music, 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,
A-saph the son of Ber-e-chi-ah; and of the sons of Me-rar-i their
brethren, Ethan the son of Ku-shai-ah;
18. And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zech-a-ri-ah,
Ben, and Ja-a-zi-el, and She-mi-ra-moth, and Je-hi-el, and Unni, E-li-ab,
and Be-nai-ah, and Ma-a-sei-ah, and Mat-ti-thi-ah, and E-liph-e-leh, and
Mik-nei-ah, and Obed-edom, and Je-i-el, the porters.
19. So the singers, Heman, A-saph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound
with cymbals of brass;
20. And Zech-a-ri-ah, and A-zi-el, and She-mi-ra-moth, and Je-hi-el, and
Unni, and E-li-ab, and Ma-a-sei-ah, and Be-nai-ah, with psalteries on
Al-a-moth;
21. And Mat-ti-thi-ah, and E-liph-e-leh, and Mik-nei-ah, and Obed-edom,
and Je-i-el, and Az-a-zi-ah, with harps on the Shem-in-ith to excel.
22. And Chen-a-ni-ah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed
about the song, because he was skilful.
23. And Ber-e-chi-ah and El-ka-nah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24. And Sheb-a-ni-ah, and Je-hosh-a-phat, and Neth-a-neel, and A-ma-sai,
and Zech-a-ri-ah, and Be-nai-ah, and El-i-e-zer, the priests, did blow
with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Je-hi-ah 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
Obed-edom 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 was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites
that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chen-a-ni-ah the master of the
song with the singers: David also had upon him an e-phod 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, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to
the city of David, that Mi-chal 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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