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.
15. The Levites carried the Ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses commanded according to the word of Adonai.
16. David ordered the leaders of the Levites to appoint their kinsmen, the singers, with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, to joyfully make their voices heard.