Book 13 : 1 CHRONICLES - Chapter 015
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Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the
Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of
God, and to minister unto him for ever
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And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring
up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared
for it
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And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites
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Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an
hundred and twenty
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Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred and twenty
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Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an
hundred and thirty
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Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren
two hundred
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Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren
fourscore
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Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren
an hundred and twelve
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And David 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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And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the
Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that
ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the
place that I have prepared for it
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For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made
a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due
order
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring
up the ark of the LORD God of Israel
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And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their
shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded
according to the word of the LORD
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And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their
brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick,
psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the
voice with joy
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So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his
brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of
Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah
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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
Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters
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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to
sound with cymbals of brass
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And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and
Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on
Alamoth
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And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel
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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he
instructed about the song, because he was skilful
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And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark
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And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and
Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow
with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and
Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark
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So 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 Obededom with joy
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And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the
ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven
bullocks and seven rams
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And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the
Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the
master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him
an ephod of linen
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Thus 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, making a noise with psalteries and
harps
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And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD
came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul
looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing:
and she despised him in her heart
Book 13 : 1 CHRONICLES - Chapter 015
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