6. There were two hundred twenty people from Merari’s family group, with Asaiah as their leader.
7. There were one hundred thirty people from Gershon’s family group, with Joel as their leader.
8. There were two hundred people from Elizaphan’s family group, with Shemaiah as their leader.
9. There were eighty people from Hebron’s family group, with Eliel as their leader.
10. And there were one hundred twelve people from Uzziel’s family group, with Amminadab as their leader.
11. Then David asked the priests Zadok and Abiathar and these Levites to come to him: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
12. David said to them, “You are the leaders of the families of Levi. You and the other Levites must give yourselves for service to the Lord. Bring up the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place I have made for it.
13. The last time we did not ask the Lord how to carry it. You Levites didn’t carry it, so the Lord our God punished us.”
14. Then the priests and Levites prepared themselves for service to the Lord so they could carry the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.
15. The Levites used special poles to carry the Ark of God on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded, just as the Lord had said they should.