| New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
| 1Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. | 1David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. |
| 2Then David said, "No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever." | 2Then David said, "Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to serve before him perpetually. |
| 3And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place which he had prepared for it. | 3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the LORD up to the place he had prepared for it. |
| 4David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: | 4David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites: |
| 5of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and 120 of his relatives; | 5From the descendants of Kohath: Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives. |
| 6of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives; | 6From the descendants of Merari: Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives. |
| 7of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and 130 of his relatives; | 7From the descendants of Gershom: Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives. |
| 8of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and 200 of his relatives; | 8From the descendants of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives. |
| 9of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and 80 of his relatives; | 9From the descendants of Hebron: Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives. |
| 10of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and 112 of his relatives. | 10From the descendants of Uzziel: Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives. |
| 11Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab, | 11David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, along with the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. |
| 12and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it. | 12He told them: "You are the leaders of the Levites' families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the LORD God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it. |
| 13"Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance." | 13The first time you did not carry it; that is why the LORD God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it." |
| 14So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. | 14The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. |
| 15The sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD. | 15The descendants of Levi carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses had ordered according to the divine command. |
| 16Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. | 16David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully. |
| 17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah, | 17So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; one of his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; one of the descendants of Merari, Ethan son of Kushaiah; |
| 18and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. | 18along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. |
| 19So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; | 19The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; |
| 20and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah, with harps tuned to alamoth; | 20Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to the alamoth style; |
| 21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel and Azaziah, to lead with lyres tuned to the sheminith. | 21Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the sheminith style, as led by the director; |
| 22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful. | 22Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter; |
| 23Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark. | 23Berechiah and Elkanah were guardians of the ark; |
| 24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were gatekeepers for the ark. | 24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians of the ark. |
| 25So it was David, with the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom with joy. | 25So David, the leaders of Israel, and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the LORD's covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with celebration. |
| 26Because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. | 26When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the LORD's covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. |
| 27Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the singing with the singers. David also wore an ephod of linen. | 27David was wrapped in a linen robe, as were all the Levites carrying the ark, the musicians, and Kenaniah the supervisor of transport and the musicians; David also wore a linen ephod. |
| 28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres. | 28All Israel brought up the ark of the LORD's covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments. |
| 29It happened when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart. | 29As the ark of the LORD's covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him. |
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