1. David built houses made for himself in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the Ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
2. Then David said, “No one should carry the Ark of God except the Levites, for Adonai has chosen them to carry the Ark of Adonai and to serve Him forever.”
3. David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the Ark of Adonai up to its place that he had prepared for it.
4. David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
5. from the sons of Kohath: Uriel the leader and 120 of his kinsmen;
6. from the sons of Merari: Asaiah the leader and 220 0f his kinsmen;
7. from the sons of Gershom: Joel the leader with 130 of his kinsmen;
8. from the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the leader with 200 of his kinsmen;
9. from the sons of Hebron: Eliel the leader with 80 of his kinsmen;
10. from the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the leader and 112 of his kinsmen.
11. David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the kohanim, along with the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab.
12. He told them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. Sanctify yourselves, you and your kinsmen, so that you may bring up the Ark of Adonai, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
13. Because you were not there the first time, Adonai our God burst out upon us, for we did not seek Him regarding the prescribed way.”
14. So the kohanim and the Levites sanctified themselves in order to bring up the Ark of Adonai, the God of Israel.