1David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

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1 Chronicles 16:1, 1 Chronicles 16:1, 1 Chronicles 17:1, 1 Chronicles 17:5, Psalms 132:5

2Then David said, "No one ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites. For the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever."

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Deuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 31:9, Deuteronomy 31:9, Jeremiah 33:17

3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.

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1 Chronicles 13:5, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Chronicles 13:5, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Chronicles 15:1

4David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

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1 Chronicles 6:49, 1 Chronicles 6:50, Exodus 6:16, Exodus 6:22, Numbers 3:4

5of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;

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1 Chronicles 6:22, 1 Chronicles 6:24, 1 Chronicles 6:22, 1 Chronicles 6:24

6of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;

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1 Chronicles 6:29, 1 Chronicles 6:30, 1 Chronicles 6:29, 1 Chronicles 6:30

7of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;

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1 Chronicles 23:8, 1 Chronicles 15:11, 1 Chronicles 23:8, 1 Chronicles 15:11

8of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;

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Exodus 6:22, Exodus 6:22

9of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;

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Exodus 6:18, Exodus 6:18, 1 Chronicles 23:12, 1 Chronicles 23:19, 1 Chronicles 26:30

10of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.

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Exodus 6:18, 1 Chronicles 23:12, 1 Chronicles 6:22, 1 Chronicles 6:18, Exodus 6:22

11David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

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1 Chronicles 12:28, 1 Chronicles 12:28, 1 Kings 2:35, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:23

12and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

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2 Chronicles 35:6, 2 Chronicles 35:6, Exodus 19:14, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 19:14

13For because you did not carry it at first, the Lord our God made an outbreak against us, because we did not seek him according to the ordinance."

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2 Samuel 6:3, 2 Samuel 6:3, 1 Corinthians 14:40, 1 Corinthians 14:40, 1 John 1:8

14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Leviticus 10:3, 2 Chronicles 29:15, Joel 2:16, Joel 2:17, 2 Chronicles 29:34

15The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord.

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Numbers 4:15, Numbers 4:15, Numbers 7:9, Numbers 7:9, Exodus 25:12

16David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

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1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 13:8, Nehemiah 12:36, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 2 Chronicles 5:13

17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 6:44, 1 Chronicles 6:39, 1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 6:44

18and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.

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1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 25:2, 1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 16:38

19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

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1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 25:1

20and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;

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Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:11

21and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.

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1 Chronicles 15:18, Psalms 92:3, Psalms 150:3, Psalms 12:1, 1 Chronicles 25:6

22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

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1 Chronicles 15:27, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 25:7, 1 Chronicles 25:8, 1 Chronicles 15:27

23Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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1 Chronicles 9:21, 1 Chronicles 9:23, Psalms 84:10, 2 Kings 22:4, 2 Kings 25:18

24Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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1 Chronicles 16:6, 1 Chronicles 16:6, Numbers 10:8, 1 Chronicles 15:28, Numbers 10:8

25So 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.

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2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Chronicles 20:27

26It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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Numbers 23:29, Numbers 23:29, 1 Chronicles 29:14, Job 42:8, Psalms 66:13

27David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had on him an ephod of linen.

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2 Samuel 6:14, 2 Samuel 6:14, 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 2:18

28Thus 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, sounding aloud with stringed instruments and harps.

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1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 15:16, Psalms 47:1

29It happened, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

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2 Samuel 6:20, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Samuel 6:20, 2 Samuel 6:23, 2 Samuel 6:16