Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
David constructed
buildings
for
himself
in the City of David, and he
prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a
tent
for it.
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
.
Then David said, “No
one
but
the
Levites
may
carry the ark of God ,
because
the LORD has
chosen them
to carry the ark of the
LORD
and to minister before
Him forever
. ”
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
.
And David assembled
all Israel in
Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to
the
place he had prepared for it.
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.
Then
he
gathered
together
the descendants
of Aaron and the Levites:
And
David
assembled
the children
of Aaron ,
and the Levites:
From
the Kohathites,
Uriel the chief and 120
of
his relatives;
Of
the sons
of
Kohath;
Uriel the chief ,
and his brethren
an
hundred
and
twenty:
from
the Merarites,
Asaiah the chief and 220
of
his relatives;
Of
the sons
of
Merari;
Asaiah the chief ,
and his brethren
two
hundred
and
twenty:
from
the Gershomites,
Joel the chief and 130
of
his relatives;
Of
the sons
of
Gershom;
Joel the chief and his brethren
an
hundred
and
thirty:
from
the Elizaphanites,
Shemaiah the chief and 200
of
his relatives;
Of
the sons
of
Elizaphan;
Shemaiah the chief ,
and his brethren
two
hundred:
from
the Hebronites,
Eliel the chief and 80
of
his relatives;
Of
the sons
of
Hebron;
Eliel the chief ,
and his brethren
fourscore:
and
from
the Uzzielites,
Amminadab the chief and 112
of
his relatives
.
Of
the sons
of
Uzziel;
Amminadab the chief ,
and his brethren
an
hundred
and
twelve
.
David summoned
the
priests
Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab .
And
David called
for
Zadok and Abiathar the
priests,
and for
the Levites ,
for
Uriel, Asaiah, and
Joel, Shemaiah, and
Eliel, and Amminadab ,
And he
said to
them, “You
are the heads
of the Levitical
families.
You
and your relatives
must
consecrate
yourselves
so
that you
may bring the ark of the LORD ,
the
God of Israel ,
to
the place I have prepared for it.
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.
It
was
because you
Levites
were
not with
us
the first time
that
the LORD our God burst
forth
in
anger
against
us .
For we did
not
consult
Him about
the proper
order. ”
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.
So the priests and Levites consecrated
themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD ,
the
God of Israel.
So the priests and the
Levites sanctified
themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
And the Levites carried
the ark of God on
their shoulders with the poles
, as Moses had
commanded in
accordance
with
the word of the LORD.
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.
David also
told
the leaders
of the Levites to appoint their relatives
as
singers
to lift
up
their
voices
with joy,
accompanied
by
musical
instruments —harps,
lyres
, and cymbals.
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
.
So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from
his brothers
, Asaph son of Berechiah; from
their
brothers
the Merarites
, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
So the Levites appointed 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;
and with them their brothers
next
in
rank:
Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu
, Mikneiah, and the
gatekeepers
Obed-edom
and Jeiel.
And with them their brethren
of
the
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
.
The musicians
Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the
bronze
cymbals .
So
the singers,
Heman, Asaph, and Ethan ,
were appointed
to sound with
cymbals of
brass;
Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were
to
play
the
harps
according
to
Alamoth .
And
Zechariah, and
Aziel, and
Shemiramoth, and
Jehiel, and
Unni, and
Eliab, and
Maaseiah, and Benaiah ,
with
psalteries
on
Alamoth ;
And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu
, Mikneiah, Obed-edom
, Jeiel, and Azaziah were
to
lead
the
music
with lyres
according
to
Sheminith.
And Mattithiah, and
Elipheleh
, and
Mikneiah, and
Obededom
, and
Jeiel, and Azaziah ,
with harps
on
the
Sheminith to
excel
.
Chenaniah the head
Levite
was the
director
of
the music
because he was highly
skilled
.
And
Chenaniah ,
chief
of
the Levites,
was for
song:
he
instructed
about
the song,
because he was skillful
.
Berechiah and Elkanah were to
be
guardians
of
the ark.
And
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers
for
the ark.
Shebaniah, Joshaphat
, Nethanel
, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer —
the priests —were
to
blow the trumpets before the ark of God .
Obed-edom
and Jehiah were also
to
be
guardians
of
the ark.
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 doorkeepers
for
the ark.
So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders
of
thousands went with
rejoicing
to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from
the house of Obed-edom
.
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 Obededom
with
joy
.
And because
God helped the Levites who
were
carrying
the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed
seven bulls
and seven rams.
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.
Now
David was dressed
in
a robe of fine linen, as
were
all the Levites who
were
carrying
the ark, as
well
as
the singers and Chenaniah ,
the director
of music
for
the singers .
David also wore
a
linen
ephod.
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
an
ephod of
linen
.
So
all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the
sounding
of rams’
horns
and trumpets, and with cymbals and the
music
of
harps and
lyres
.
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.
As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was
entering
the City of David, Saul’s
daughter
Michal looked
down
from
a window and
saw King David dancing and celebrating,
and she despised him in her heart.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as the ark of the 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.
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