1David 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.stylus1 Chronicles 16:1, 1 Chronicles 16:1, 1 Chronicles 17:1, 1 Chronicles 17:5, Psalms 132:52Then 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.”stylusDeuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 31:9, Deuteronomy 31:9, Jeremiah 33:173And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.stylus1 Chronicles 13:5, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Chronicles 13:5, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Chronicles 15:14Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:stylus1 Chronicles 6:49, 1 Chronicles 6:50, Exodus 6:16, Exodus 6:22, Numbers 3:45From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;stylus1 Chronicles 6:22, 1 Chronicles 6:24, 1 Chronicles 6:22, 1 Chronicles 6:246from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;stylus1 Chronicles 6:29, 1 Chronicles 6:30, 1 Chronicles 6:29, 1 Chronicles 6:307from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;stylus1 Chronicles 23:8, 1 Chronicles 15:11, 1 Chronicles 23:8, 1 Chronicles 15:118from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;stylusExodus 6:22, Exodus 6:229from the Hebronites, Eliel the chief and 80 of his relatives;stylusExodus 6:18, Exodus 6:18, 1 Chronicles 23:12, 1 Chronicles 23:19, 1 Chronicles 26:3010and from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the chief and 112 of his relatives.stylusExodus 6:18, 1 Chronicles 23:12, 1 Chronicles 6:22, 1 Chronicles 6:18, Exodus 6:2211David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.stylus1 Chronicles 12:28, 1 Chronicles 12:28, 1 Kings 2:35, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:2312And 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.stylus2 Chronicles 35:6, 2 Chronicles 35:6, Exodus 19:14, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 19:1413It 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.”stylus2 Samuel 6:3, 2 Samuel 6:3, 1 Corinthians 14:40, 1 Corinthians 14:40, 1 John 1:814So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.stylusLeviticus 10:3, 2 Chronicles 29:15, Joel 2:16, Joel 2:17, 2 Chronicles 29:3415And 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.stylusNumbers 4:15, Numbers 4:15, Numbers 7:9, Numbers 7:9, Exodus 25:1216David 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.stylus1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 13:8, Nehemiah 12:36, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 2 Chronicles 5:1317So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;stylus1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 6:44, 1 Chronicles 6:39, 1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 6:4418and 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.stylus1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 25:2, 1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 16:3819The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.stylus1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 25:120Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.stylusPsalms 46:1, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:1121And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.stylus1 Chronicles 15:18, Psalms 92:3, Psalms 150:3, Psalms 12:1, 1 Chronicles 25:622Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.stylus1 Chronicles 15:27, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 25:7, 1 Chronicles 25:8, 1 Chronicles 15:2723Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.stylus1 Chronicles 9:21, 1 Chronicles 9:23, Psalms 84:10, 2 Kings 22:4, 2 Kings 25:1824Shebaniah, 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.stylus1 Chronicles 16:6, 1 Chronicles 16:6, Numbers 10:8, 1 Chronicles 15:28, Numbers 10:825So 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.stylus2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Chronicles 20:2726And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.stylusNumbers 23:29, Numbers 23:29, 1 Chronicles 29:14, Job 42:8, Psalms 66:1327Now 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.stylus2 Samuel 6:14, 2 Samuel 6:14, 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 2:1828So 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.stylus1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 15:16, Psalms 47:129As 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.stylus2 Samuel 6:20, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Samuel 6:20, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Samuel 6:16