Divrei HaYamim I 15 דברי הימים א ט״ו

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

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.

And David gathered all Yisra᾽el together to Yerushalayim, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.

And David assembled the children of Aharon, and the Levites:

of the sons of Qehat; Uri᾽el the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty:

of the sons of Merari; ῾Asaya the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

of the sons of Gershom: Yo᾽el the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty:

of the sons of Eliżafan; Shema῾ya the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

of the sons of Ḥevron; Eli᾽el the chief, and his brethren eighty:

of the sons of ῾Uzzi᾽el; ῾Amminadav the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

And David called for Żadoq and Evyatar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uri᾽el, ῾Asaya, and Yo᾽el, Shema῾ya, and Eli᾽el, and ῾Amminadav,

and he said to them, You are the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el to the place that I have prepared for it.

For because you did not do so at first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, because we did not seek him according to the prescribed form.

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el.

And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders the bars being upon them, as Moshe had commanded according to the word of the Lord.

And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, lutes and lyres and cymbals, playing loudly to raise sounds of joy.

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Yo᾽el; and of his brethren, Asaf the son of Berekhyahu; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Etan the son of Qushayahu;

and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zekharyahu, Ben, and Ya῾azi᾽el, and Shemiramot, and Yeĥi᾽el, and ῾Unni, Eli᾽av, and Benayahu, and Ma῾aseyahu, and Mattityahu, and Eliflehu, and Miqneyahu, and ῾Oved-edom, and Ye῾i᾽el, the gatekeepers.

So the singers, Heman, Asaf, and Etan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

and Zekharya, and ῾Azi᾽el, and Shemiramot, and Yeĥi᾽el, and ῾Unni, and Eli᾽av, and Ma῾aseyahu, and Benayahu, with lutes to ῾Alamot;

and Mattityahu, and Eliflehu, and Miqneyahu, and ῾Oved-edom, and Ye῾i᾽el, and ῾Azazyahu, with lyres to the Sheminit to lead.

And Kenanyahu, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he was master in the song, because he was skilful.

And Berekhya and Elqana were gatekeepers for the ark.

And Shevanyahu, and Yoshafat, and Netan᾽el, and ῾Amasay, and Zekharyahu, and Benayahu, and Eli῾ezer, the priests, did blow on the trumpets before the ark of God: and ῾Oved-edom and Yehiyya were gatekeepers for the ark.

So David, and the elders of Yisra᾽el, and the captains over the thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of ῾Oved-edom with joy.

And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Kenanya the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an efod of linen.

Thus all Yisra᾽el brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the shofar, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with lutes and lyres.

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Mikhal the daughter of Sha᾽ul looking through a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.