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¹ And he made him houses, in the city of David, - and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.² Then, said David, None must carry the ark of God, save the Levites, - for, of them, did Yahweh make choice, to bear the ark of Yahweh, and to attend it, unto times age-abiding.³ So David convoked all Israel, unto Jerusalem, - to bring up the ark of Yahweh, unto the place thereof, which he had prepared for it.⁴ And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:⁵ Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren, one hundred and twenty;⁶ of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty;⁷ of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren, one hundred and thirty;⁸ of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred;⁹ of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren, eighty;¹⁰ of the son of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twelve.¹¹ Then called David, for Zadok and for Abiathar, the priests, - and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel, and Amminadab;¹² and said unto them, Ye, are the chiefs of the fathers of the Levites, - Hallow yourselves, ye and your brethren, so shall ye bring up the ark of Yahweh - God of Israel, into the place I have prepared for it. ¹³ Because, at the first, ye, did not bring it , Yahweh our God brake forth against us, because we sought him not in the appointed way.¹⁴ So the priests and the Levites hallowed themselves, - to bring up the ark of Yahweh, God of Israel.¹⁵ And the sons of the Levites bare the ark of God, just as Moses commanded, according to the word of Yahweh, - on their shoulder, with the staves upon them.¹⁶ And David spake to the chiefs of the Levites, to station their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, harps and lyres, and cymbals, - sounding aloud at the lifting up of the voice, for joy.¹⁷ So the Levites caused to stand, Heman son of Joel, and, of his brethren, Asaph, son of Berechiah, - and, of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan, son of Kushaiah;¹⁸ 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 Eliphelehu, and Mickneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel, the door-keepers.¹⁹ And, the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, with cymbals of bronze, were to sound aloud;²⁰ and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah and Benaiah, - with harps, over the trebles;²¹ and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel and Azaziah, - with lyres over the bass, to take the lead.²² And, Chenaniah the leader of the Levites, in the service, used to give instructions in the service, because skilful was he.²³ And, Berechiah and Elkanah, were door-keepers to the ark.²⁴ And, Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were blowing with the trumpets, before the ark of God, - and, Obed-edom and Jehiah, were door-keepers, to the ark.

²⁵ Thus, it was, David and the elders of Israel, and the rulers of thousands, who were going, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, out of the house of Obed-edom, with joy.²⁶ And so it was that, when God helped the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.²⁷ Now, David, was wrapped about with a robe of byssus, with all the Levites who were bearing the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the leader of the service rendered by the singers, - but, upon David, was an ephod of white linen.²⁸ So, all Israel, were bringing up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, with shouting, and with sound of the horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, - sounding aloud, with harps, and lyres.²⁹ And so it was that, when the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came in as far as the city of David, - and Michal daughter of Saul looked forth through the window, and saw King David, dancing and playing, that she despised him in her heart.