1And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.stylus1 Chronicles 16:1, 1 Chronicles 16:1, 1 Chronicles 17:1, 1 Chronicles 17:5, Psalms 132:52Then 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.stylusDeuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 31:9, Deuteronomy 31:9, Jeremiah 33:173And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it.stylus1 Chronicles 13:5, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Chronicles 13:5, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Chronicles 15:14And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:stylus1 Chronicles 6:49, 1 Chronicles 6:50, Exodus 6:16, Exodus 6:22, Numbers 3:45Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:stylus1 Chronicles 6:22, 1 Chronicles 6:24, 1 Chronicles 6:22, 1 Chronicles 6:246Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:stylus1 Chronicles 6:29, 1 Chronicles 6:30, 1 Chronicles 6:29, 1 Chronicles 6:307Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:stylus1 Chronicles 23:8, 1 Chronicles 15:11, 1 Chronicles 23:8, 1 Chronicles 15:118Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:stylusExodus 6:22, Exodus 6:229Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:stylusExodus 6:18, Exodus 6:18, 1 Chronicles 23:12, 1 Chronicles 23:19, 1 Chronicles 26:3010Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.stylusExodus 6:18, 1 Chronicles 23:12, 1 Chronicles 6:22, 1 Chronicles 6:18, Exodus 6:2211And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,stylus1 Chronicles 12:28, 1 Chronicles 12:28, 1 Kings 2:35, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:2312And 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.stylus2 Chronicles 35:6, 2 Chronicles 35:6, Exodus 19:14, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 19:1413For 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.stylus2 Samuel 6:3, 2 Samuel 6:3, 1 Corinthians 14:40, 1 Corinthians 14:40, 1 John 1:814So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.stylusLeviticus 10:3, 2 Chronicles 29:15, Joel 2:16, Joel 2:17, 2 Chronicles 29:3415And 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.stylusNumbers 4:15, Numbers 4:15, Numbers 7:9, Numbers 7:9, Exodus 25:1216And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.stylus1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 13:8, Nehemiah 12:36, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 2 Chronicles 5:1317So 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;stylus1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 6:44, 1 Chronicles 6:39, 1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 6:4418And 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 Obed–edom, and Jeiel, the porters.stylus1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 25:2, 1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 16:3819So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;stylus1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 25:120And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;stylusPsalms 46:1, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:1121And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.stylus1 Chronicles 15:18, Psalms 92:3, Psalms 150:3, Psalms 12:1, 1 Chronicles 25:622And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.stylus1 Chronicles 15:27, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 25:7, 1 Chronicles 25:8, 1 Chronicles 15:2723And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.stylus1 Chronicles 9:21, 1 Chronicles 9:23, Psalms 84:10, 2 Kings 22:4, 2 Kings 25:1824And 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 Obed–edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.stylus1 Chronicles 16:6, 1 Chronicles 16:6, Numbers 10:8, 1 Chronicles 15:28, Numbers 10:825So 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.stylus2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Chronicles 20:2726And 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.stylusNumbers 23:29, Numbers 23:29, 1 Chronicles 29:14, Job 42:8, Psalms 66:1327And 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.stylus2 Samuel 6:14, 2 Samuel 6:14, 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 2:1828Thus 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.stylus1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 15:16, Psalms 47:129And 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.stylus2 Samuel 6:20, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Samuel 6:20, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Samuel 6:16