<vn='1'>And David <sn="6213">made</s> him <sn="1004">houses</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="3559">prepared</s> a <sn="4725">place</s> for the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="5186">pitched</s> for it a <sn="168">tent</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="227">Then</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3808">None</s> ought to <sn="5375">carry</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="3588 518">but</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> them hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="977">chosen</s> to <sn="5375">carry</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and to <sn="8334">minister</s> unto him <sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6950">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> together <sn="413">to</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, to bring <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="4725">place</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="3559">prepared</s> for it. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="622">assembled</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="175">Aaron</s>, and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>Of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="6955">Kohath</s>; <sn="222">Uriel</s> the <sn="8269">chief</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>Of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="4847">Merari</s>; <sn="6222">Asaiah</s> the <sn="8269">chief</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s> two <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>Of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="1648">Gershom</s>; <sn="3100">Joel</s> the <sn="8269">chief</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="7970">thirty</s>: </v>
<vn='8'>Of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="469">Elizaphan</s>; <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> the <sn="8269">chief</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s> two <sn="3967">hundred</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>Of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="2275">Hebron</s>; <sn="447">Eliel</s> the <sn="8269">chief</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="8084">fourscore</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>Of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="5816">Uzziel</s>; <sn="5992">Amminadab</s> the <sn="8269">chief</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7121">called</s> for <sn="6659">Zadok</s> and <sn="54">Abiathar</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and for the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, for <sn="222">Uriel</s>, <sn="6222">Asaiah</s>, and <sn="3100">Joel</s>, <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s>, and <sn="447">Eliel</s>, and <sn="5992">Amminadab</s>, </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="859">Ye</s> are the <sn="7218">chief</s> of the <sn="1">fathers</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s>: sanctify <sn="6942">yourselves</s>, both <sn="859">ye</s> and your <sn="251">brethren</s>, that ye may bring <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="413">unto</s> the place that I have <sn="3559">prepared</s> for it. </v>
<vn='13'>For <sn="3588">because</s><sn="859">ye</s> did it <sn="3808">not</s> at the <sn="4480 7223">first</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s> made a <sn="6555">breach</s> upon us, <sn="3588">for</s> that we <sn="1875">sought</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> after the due <sn="4941">order</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>So the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="3881">Levites</s> sanctified <sn="6942">themselves</s> to bring <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="5375">bore</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s> upon their <sn="3802">shoulders</s> with the <sn="4133">staves</s><sn="5921">thereon</s>, <sn="834">as</s><sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="6680">commanded</s> according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">spoke</s> to the <sn="8269">chief</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s> to <sn="5975">appoint</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="251">brethren</s> to be the <sn="7891">singers</s> with <sn="3627">instruments</s> of <sn="7892">music</s>, <sn="5035">psalteries</s> and <sn="3658">harps</s> and <sn="4700">cymbals</s>, <sn="8085">sounding</s>, by lifting <sn="7311">up</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> with <sn="8057">joy</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>So the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="5975">appointed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1968">Heman</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3100">Joel</s>; and <sn="4480">of</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="623">Asaph</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1296">Berechiah</s>; and <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="4847">Merari</s> their <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="387">Ethan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6984">Kushaiah</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="5973">with</s> them their <sn="251">brethren</s> of the <sn="4932">second</s> degree, <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, <sn="1122">Ben</s>, and <sn="3268">Jaaziel</s>, and <sn="8070">Shemiramoth</s>, and <sn="3171">Jehiel</s>, and <sn="6042">Unni</s>, <sn="446">Eliab</s>, and <sn="1141">Benaiah</s>, and <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s>, and <sn="4993">Mattithiah</s>, and <sn="466">Elipheleh</s>, and <sn="4737">Mikneiah</s>, and <sn="5654">Obed</s> -edom, and <sn="3273">Jeiel</s>, the <sn="7778">porters</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>So the <sn="7891">singers</s>, <sn="1968">Heman</s>, <sn="623">Asaph</s>, and <sn="387">Ethan</s>, were appointed to <sn="8085">sound</s> with <sn="4700">cymbals</s> of <sn="5178">brass</s>; </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, and <sn="5815">Aziel</s>, and <sn="8070">Shemiramoth</s>, and <sn="3171">Jehiel</s>, and <sn="6042">Unni</s>, and <sn="446">Eliab</s>, and <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s>, and <sn="1141">Benaiah</s>, with <sn="5035">psalteries</s><sn="5921">on</s><sn="5961">Alamoth</s>; </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="4993">Mattithiah</s>, and <sn="466">Elipheleh</s>, and <sn="4737">Mikneiah</s>, and <sn="5654">Obed</s> -edom, and <sn="3273">Jeiel</s>, and <sn="5812">Azaziah</s>, with <sn="3658">harps</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="8067">Sheminith</s> to <sn="5329">excel</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="3663">Chenaniah</s>, <sn="8269">chief</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, was for <sn="4853">song</s>: he <sn="3256">instructed</s> about the <sn="4853">song</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="995">skillful</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="1296">Berechiah</s> and <sn="511">Elkanah</s> were <sn="7778">doorkeepers</s> for the <sn="727">ark</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="7645">Shebaniah</s>, and <sn="3046">Jehoshaphat</s>, and <sn="5417">Nethaneel</s>, and <sn="6022">Amasai</s>, and <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, and <sn="1141">Benaiah</s>, and <sn="461">Eliezer</s>, the <sn="3548">priests</s>, did <sn="2690">blow</s> with the <sn="2689">trumpets</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s>: and <sn="5654">Obed</s> -edom and <sn="3174">Jehiah</s> were <sn="7778">doorkeepers</s> for the <sn="727">ark</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1961">So</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and the <sn="8269">captains</s> over <sn="505">thousands</s>, <sn="1980">went</s> to bring <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="5654">Obed</s> -edom with <sn="8057">joy</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="430">God</s><sn="5826">helped</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s> that <sn="5375">bore</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that they <sn="2076">offered</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="6499">bullocks</s> and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="352">rams</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="3736">clothed</s> with a <sn="4598">robe</s> of fine <sn="948">linen</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s> that <sn="5375">bore</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s>, and the <sn="7891">singers</s>, and <sn="3663">Chenaniah</s> the <sn="8269">master</s> of the <sn="4853">song</s> with the <sn="7891">singers</s>: <sn="1732">David</s> also had upon him an <sn="646">ephod</s> of <sn="906">linen</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Thus <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> brought <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with <sn="8643">shouting</s>, and with <sn="6963">sound</s> of the <sn="7782">cornet</s>, and with <sn="2689">trumpets</s>, and with <sn="4700">cymbals</s>, making a <sn="8085">noise</s> with <sn="5035">psalteries</s> and <sn="3658">harps</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, that <sn="4324">Michal</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> looking <sn="8259">out</s><sn="1157">at</s> a <sn="2474">window</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="7540">dancing</s> and <sn="7832">playing</s>: and she <sn="959">despised</s> him in her <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>