1. After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
2. Then David said, ‘No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him for ever.’
3. David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.
4. He called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
5. from the descendants of Kohath,Uriel the leader and 120 relatives;
6. from the descendants of Merari,Asaiah the leader and 220 relatives;
7. from the descendants of Gershon,Joel the leader and 130 relatives;
8. from the descendants of Elizaphan,Shemaiah the leader and 200 relatives;
9. from the descendants of Hebron,Eliel the leader and 80 relatives;