1 Chronicles 15:8-22

8of the sonsH1121 of ElizaphanH469; ShemaiahH8098 the chiefH8269, and his brethrenH251 twoH3967 hundredH3967:

9of the sonsH1121 of HebronH2275; ElielH447 the chiefH8269, and his brethrenH251 fourscore:

10of the sonsH1121 of UzzielH5816; AmminadabH5992 the chiefH8269, and his brethrenH251 an hundredH3967 and twelveH6240.

11And DavidH1732 calledH7121 for ZadokH6659 and AbiatharH54 the priestsH3548, and for the LevitesH3881, for UrielH222, AsaiahH6222, and JoelH3100, ShemaiahH8098, and ElielH447, and AmminadabH5992,

12and saidH559 unto them, Ye are the headsH7218 of the fathers’H1 houses of the LevitesH3881: sanctifyH6942 yourselves, both ye and your brethrenH251, that ye may bringH5927 upH5927 the arkH727 of the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, unto the placeH3559 that I have preparedH3559 for it.

13For becauseH3588 ye bare it notH3808 at the firstH7223, the LORDH3068 our GodH430 madeH6555 a breach uponH4941 usH3588, for that weH3588 soughtH1875 him notH3808 accordingH4941 to the ordinanceH4941.

14SoH5927 the priestsH3548 and the LevitesH3881 sanctifiedH6942 themselvesH6942 to bringH5927 upH5927 the arkH727 of the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478.

15And the childrenH1121 of the LevitesH3881 bare the arkH727 of GodH430 uponH5921 their shouldersH3802 with the staves thereonH5921, as MosesH4872 commandedH6680 accordingH5921 to the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068.

16And DavidH1732 spake to the chiefH8269 of the LevitesH3881 to appointH5975 their brethrenH251 the singersH7891, with instrumentsH3627 of musicH7892, psalteries and harpsH3658 and cymbalsH4700, sounding aloudH8085 and liftingH7311 upH7311 the voiceH6963 with joyH8057.

17SoH4480 the LevitesH3881 appointedH5975 HemanH1968 the sonH1121 of JoelH3100; and of his brethrenH251, AsaphH623 the sonH1121 of BerechiahH1296; and of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847 their brethrenH251, EthanH387 the sonH1121 of KushaiahH6984;

18and with them their brethrenH251 of the secondH4932 degree, ZechariahH2148, BenH1122, and JaazielH3268, and ShemiramothH8070, and JehielH3171, and UnniH6042, EliabH446, and BenaiahH1141, and MaaseiahH4641, and MattithiahH4993, and EliphelehuH466, and MikneiahH4737, and Obed-edomH5654, and JeielH3273, the doorkeepers.

19SoH8085 the singersH7891, HemanH1968, AsaphH623, and EthanH387, were appointed, with cymbalsH4700 of brassH5178 to soundH8085 aloudH8085;

20and ZechariahH2148, and AzielH5815, and ShemiramothH8070, and JehielH3171, and UnniH6042, and EliabH446, and MaaseiahH4641, and BenaiahH1141, with psalteries set to AlamothH5961;

21and MattithiahH4993, and EliphelehuH466, and MikneiahH4737, and Obed-edomH5654, and JeielH3273, and AzaziahH5812, with harpsH3658 set to the SheminithH8067, to leadH5329.

22And ChenaniahH3663, chiefH8269 of the LevitesH3881, was over the song: he instructedH3256 about the song, becauseH3588 he was skilful.