1 Chronicles 15:11-26

11Then DavidH1732 calledH7121 for the priestsH3548 1ZadokH6659 and 2AbiatharH54, and for the LevitesH3881, for UrielH222, AsaiahH6222, JoelH3100, ShemaiahH8098, ElielH447, and AmminadabH5992; 12and he saidH559 to them, “You are the headsH7218 of the fathers’H1 households of the LevitesH3881; 3consecrateH6942 yourselves, you and your relativesH251, so that you may bringH5927 upH5927 the arkH727 of the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478 4to the place that I have preparedH3559 for it. 135BecauseH3588 you did not carry it at the firstH7223, the LordH3068 our GodH430 madeH6555 anH6555 outburstH6555 against us, since we did not seekH1875 Him according to the ordinanceH4941.” 146So the priestsH3548 and the LevitesH3881 consecratedH6942 themselves to bringH5927 upH5927 the arkH727 of the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478. 15The sonsH1121 of 7the LevitesH3881 carriedH5375 the arkH727 of GodH430 on their shouldersH3802 with the polesH4133 on themH5921, justH3512 asH3512 MosesH4872 had commandedH6680 in accordance with the wordH1697 of the LordH3068.

16Then DavidH1732 spokeH559 to the chiefsH8269 of the LevitesH3881 8to appointH5975 their relativesH251 as the singersH7891, with musicalH7892 instrumentsH3627, harpsH5035, lyresH3658, and cymbalsH4700, playingH8085 to raiseH7311 soundsH6963 of joyH8057. 17So 9the LevitesH3881 appointedH5975 HemanH1968 the sonH1121 of JoelH3100, and from his relativesH251, AsaphH623 the sonH1121 of BerechiahH1296; and from the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847 their relativesH251, EthanH387 the sonH1121 of KushaiahH6984, 18and with them their relativesH251 of the secondH4932 rankH4932, ZechariahH2148, 10BenH1122, JaazielH3268, ShemiramothH8070, JehielH3171, UnniH6042, EliabH446, BenaiahH1141, MaaseiahH4641, MattithiahH4993, EliphelehuH466, MikneiahH4737, Obed-edomH5654, and JeielH3262, the gatekeepersH7778. 19So the singersH7891, HemanH1968, AsaphH623, and EthanH387, were appointed to soundH8085 aloudH8085 cymbalsH4700 of bronzeH5178; 20and ZechariahH2148, AzielH5815, ShemiramothH8070, JehielH3171, UnniH6042, EliabH446, MaaseiahH4641, and BenaiahH1141, with harpsH5035 tuned to 1112alamothH5961; 21and MattithiahH4993, EliphelehuH466, MikneiahH4737, Obed-edomH5654, JeielH3262, and AzaziahH5812, to leadH5329 with 13lyresH3658 tuned to 14the sheminithH8066. 22ChenaniahH3663, chiefH8269 of the LevitesH3881, was in charge of the singingH4853; he gaveH3256 instructionH3256 in singingH4853 becauseH3588 he was skillfulH995. 23BerechiahH1296 and ElkanahH511 were gatekeepersH7778 for the arkH727. 24ShebaniahH7645, JoshaphatH3092, NethanelH5417, AmasaiH6022, ZechariahH2148, BenaiahH1141, and EliezerH461, the priestsH3548, 15blewH2690 the trumpetsH2689 beforeH6440 the arkH727 of GodH430. Obed-edomH5654 and JehiahH3174 also were gatekeepersH7778 for the arkH727.

2516So it was DavidH1732, with the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 and the captainsH8269 of thousandsH505, who wentH1980 to bringH5927 upH5927 the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the LordH3068 from 17the houseH1004 of Obed-edomH5654 with joyH8057. 26Because GodH430 was helpingH5826 the LevitesH3881 who were carryingH5375 the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the LordH3068, they sacrificedH2076 18sevenH7651 bullsH6499 and sevenH7651 ramsH352.