歷代志上 第 15 章

And he made houses for himself in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it.

Then David said, No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.

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

And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites.

Of the sons of Kaath: Ouriel the chief, and his brothers, one hundred twenty.

Of the sons of Merari: Asaia the chief, and his brothers, two hundred fifty.

Of the sons of Gersam: Joel the chief, and his brothers, one hundred fifty.

Of the sons of Elisaphan: Samaias the chief, and his brothers, two hundred.

Of the sons of Chebron: Eliel the chief, and his brothers, eighty.

Of the sons of Oziel: Aminadab the chief, and his brothers, one hundred twelve.

And David called Sadok and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites: Ouriel, Asaia, Joel, Samaias, Eliel, Aminadab,

and said to them, You are the chiefs of the families of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brothers, and you shall bring up the ark of the God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

For because you were not there the first time, our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the ordinance.

And the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the God of Israel.

And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, as Moses had commanded by the word of God according to what was written, with carrying-poles upon them.

And David said to the rulers of the Levites, "Appoint their brothers the singers with instruments of song — harps and lyres and cymbals — to sound aloud with a voice of gladness."

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

And with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah and Oziel and Semiramoth and Jeiel and Unni and Eliab and Benaiah and Maaseiah and Mattithiah and Eliphaliah and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Uzziah, the gatekeepers.

And the singers Heman, Asaph and Ethan, with bronze cymbals, to make themselves heard.

Zechariah and Oziel, Semiramoth, Jeiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, Benaiah, with harps set to Alaimoth.

And Mattithiah and Eliphaliah and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Uzziah, with lyres set to Amaseniith, to give strength.

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was chief of the songs, because he was skilled.

And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers of the ark.

And Shebaniah and Jehoshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, blowing the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah, gatekeepers of the ark of God.

And David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands were those who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with gladness.

And it came to pass, when God strengthened the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they sacrificed seven calves and seven rams.

And David was girded with a robe of fine linen, and so were all the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the singers, and Chenaniah the chief of the songs of those who sang; and upon David was a robe of fine linen.

And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the sopher, and with trumpets, and with cymbals sounding aloud, with harps and with lyres.

And the ark of the covenant of the Lord came as far as the city of David; and Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through the window and saw King David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her soul.