1 Chronicles 15
The Ark Brought to
Jerusalem |
2 Sam. 6.12-23 |
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And David made him houses in the
city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched
for it a tent.
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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. Deut. 10.8
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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; U'ri-el the chief,
and his brethren a hundred and twenty:
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of the sons of Mera'ri; Asai'ah the
chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
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of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief,
and his brethren a hundred and thirty:
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of the sons of Eliza'phan; Shemai'ah the
chief, and his brethren two hundred:
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of the sons of Hebron; El'i-el the chief,
and his brethren fourscore:
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of the sons of Uz'zi-el; Ammin'adab the
chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.
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And David called for Zadok and Abi'athar
the priests, and for the Levites, for U'ri-el, Asai'ah, and Joel,
Shemai'ah, and El'i-el, and Ammin'adab,
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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. Ex.
25.14
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And David spake to the chief of the
Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with
instruments of music, 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 Berechi'ah; and of the
sons of Mera'ri their brethren, Ethan the son of
Kushai'ah;
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and with them their brethren of the
second degree, Zechari'ah, Ben, and Ja-a'zi-el, and
Shemir'amoth, and Jehi'el, and Unni, Eli'ab, and Benai'ah, and
Ma-asei'ah, and Mattithi'ah, and Eliph'eleh, and Miknei'ah, and
O'bed-e'dom, and Je-i'el, 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 Zechari'ah, and Az'i-el, and
Shemir'amoth, and Jehi'el, and Unni, and Eli'ab, and Ma-asei'ah, and
Benai'ah, with psalteries on Al'amoth;
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and Mattithi'ah, and Eliph'eleh and
Miknei'ah, and O'bed-e'dom, and Je-i'el, and Azazi'ah, with harps on
the Shem'inith to excel.
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And Chenani'ah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
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And Berechi'ah and Elka'nah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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And Shebani'ah, and Jehosh'aphat, and
Nethan'e-el, and Ama'sai, and Zechari'ah, and Benai'ah, and
Eli-e'zer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of
God: and O'bed-e'dom and Jehi'ah 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
O'bed-e'dom 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 Chenani'ah 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.
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