UST 1 CHR Chapter 15

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15 David had his workers build houses for him in the part of Jerusalem that people called the City of David. He also had them set up a place in which to put the sacred chest. They set up a tent for it. 2 Then David said, “No one except the Levites may carry the sacred chest, because Yahweh chose them to carry it and to serve him always.”

3 David summoned people from throughout Israel to come to Jerusalem. He wanted them to celebrate when the Levites brought Yahweh’s sacred chest to the place his workers had set up for it. 4 David summoned the priests, the descendants of Aaron, and these other Levites:

5 from the descendants of Kohath, Levi’s second son, Uriel, the leader, and his kinsmen, 120 in all;

6 from the descendants of Merari, Levi’s third son, Asaiah, the leader and his kinsmen, 220 in all;

7 from the descendants of Gershon, Levi’s first son, Joel, the leader, and his kinsmen, 130 in all;

8 from the descendants of Elizaphan, Shemaiah, the leader, and his kinsmen, 200 in all;

9 from the descendants of Hebron, Eliel, the leader, and his kinsmen, 80 in all;

10 and from the descendants of Uzziel, Amminadab, the leader, and his kinsmen, 112 in all.

11 David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and these leaders of the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. 12 David told them, “You are the leaders of the clans of the Levites. You and your family members must purify yourselves ceremonially. Then you must bring the sacred chest of Yahweh, the God of us Israelites, to the place that I have set up for it. 13 The first time we tried to bring it here, we did not obey the instructions in the law of Moses about carrying it. As a result, we did not have you Levites carry it, and so Yahweh our God punished us.”

14 Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves ceremonially so that they could transport the sacred chest of Yahweh, the God of the Israelites. 15 Then they did what Yahweh had told Moses to command regarding God’s sacred chest. The Levites put poles through the rings on it and carried it by putting the poles on their shoulders.

16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their kinsmen to sing and play musical instruments: lyres, harps, and cymbals. David wanted them to make a loud, happy sound.

17 So the Levites appointed Heman and his kinsmen Asaph and Ethan. Heman was the son of Joel. Asaph was the son of Berechiah. Ethan was the son of Kushaiah and was a descendant of Merari. 18 They also appointed a further group of their kinsmen to help them: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah. They appointed Obed Edom and Jeiel to guard the sacred chest.

19 Heman, Asaph, and Ethan sang and also played bronze cymbals loudly. 20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah played lyres in a high pitch. 21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah played harps in a lower pitch and guided the music. 22 Kenaniah, the music director of the Levites, conducted the singing because he knew how to do that well.

23 Berechiah and Elkanah were two men who helped guard the sacred chest. 24 The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer were blowing trumpets in front of God’s sacred chest. Obed Edom and Jehiah walked next to the sacred chest as they played their harps.

25 So David, the Israelite elders, and the commanders of groups of 1,000 soldiers went to get the sacred chest. It was a symbol of the agreement between Yahweh and the people of Israel. They joyfully brought the sacred chest from Obed Edom’s house. 26 God treated the Levites favorably who were carrying the sacred chest that was a symbol of the agreement between Yahweh and the people of Israel. To thank him, David and the leaders sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. 27 David was wearing a fine linen robe. David was also wearing a simple linen garment underneath. The Levites who carried the sacred chest, the singers, and Kenaniah, the director of the singing, were all wearing fine linen too. 28 Many Israelite people joined in bringing the sacred chest to Jerusalem. They shouted joyfully, blew horns and trumpets, and played cymbals, lyres, and harps.

29 Michal , David’s first wife, the daughter of Saul, looked out a window. She saw them bringing the sacred chest into the part of Jerusalem that people called the City of David. When she saw David dancing and celebrating in the simple garment, she felt disgusted with him because she did not think a king should dress and act that way.

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UST 1 CHR Chapter 15

UST 1 CHR Chapter 15