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¹ And [David] made him houses in theThat was in Zion (2Sa_5:7,9).city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

² Then Dauid saide, None ought to carie the Arke of God, but the Leuites: for the Lorde hath chosen them to beare the Arke of the Lord, and to minister vnto him for euer.

³ And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up theFrom the house of Obed Edom, (2Sa_6:10, 2Sa_6:12).ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

⁴ And Dauid assembled the sonnes of Aaron, and the Leuites.

⁵ Of the sonnes of Kohath, Vriel the chiefe, and his brethren sixe score.

⁶ Of the sonnes of Merari, Asaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundreth and twentie.

⁷ Of the sonnes of Gershom, Ioel the chiefe, and his brethren an hundreth and thirtie.

⁸ Of the sons ofWho was the son of Uzziel, the fourth son of Kohath, (Exo_6:18, Exo_6:22; Num_3:30).Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

⁹ Of the sons ofThe third son of Kohath, (Exo_6:18).Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

¹⁰ Of the sonnes of Vzziel, Amminadab the chiefe, and his brethren an hundreth and twelue.

¹¹ And Dauid called Zadok and Abiathar the Priestes, and of the Leuites, Vriel, Asaiah and Ioel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab:

¹² And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levites:Prepare yourselves and be pure, abstain from all things by which you might be polluted, and so not able to come to the tabernacle.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 dueAccording as he has appointed in the law.order.

¹⁴ So the Priestes and the Leuites sanctified them selues to bring vp the Arke of the Lorde God of Israel.

¹⁵ And the sonnes of the Leuites bare the Arke of God vpon their shoulders with the barres, as Moses had commanded, according to the worde of the Lorde.

¹⁶ And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers withThese instruments and other ceremonies which they observed, were instructions of their infancy, which continued to the coming of Christ.instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

¹⁷ So the Leuites appointed Heman the sonne of Ioel, and of his brethren Asaph the sonne of Berechiah, and of the sonnes of Merari their brethren, Ethan the sonne of Kushaiah,

¹⁸ And with them their brethren of theWhich were inferior in dignity.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.

¹⁹ So Heman, Asaph and Ethan were fingers to make a sounde with cymbales of brasse,

²⁰ And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries onThis was an instrument of music or a certain tune, to which they sang psalms.Alamoth;

²¹ And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on theWhich was the eighth tune, over which he that was most excellent had charge.Sheminith to excel.

²² And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites,That is, to appoint Psalms and songs to them that sang.[was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.

²³ And Berechiah and Elkanah were porters for the Arke.

²⁴ And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah [were] doorkeepersWith Berechiah and Elkanah, (1Ch_15:23).for the ark.

²⁵ So Dauid and the Elders of Israel and the captaines of thousandes went to bring vp the Arke of the couenant of the Lord from the house of Obed Edom with ioye.

²⁶ And it came to pass, when GodThat is, gave them strength to execute their office.helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offeredBesides the bullock and the fat beast which David offered at every sixth pace, (2Sa_6:13).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 Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him anRead (2Sa_6:14).ephod of linen.

²⁸ Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the Lordes couenant with shouting and sounde of cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbales, making a sound with violes and with harpes.

²⁹ And it came to pass, [as] the ark of theIt was so called because it reminded the Israelites of the Lord's covenant made with them.covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.