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The First
Book of Paralipomenon 15
He made also houses for himself in the city of David:
and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a
tabernacle for it.
Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God,
but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry
it, and to minister unto himself for ever.
And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem,
that the ark of God might be brought into its place,
which he had prepared for it.
And the sons of Aaron also, and the Levites.
Of the children of Caath, Uriel was the chief, and his
brethren a hundred and twenty.
Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief, and his brethren
two hundred and twenty.
Of the sons of Gersom, Joel the chief, and his brethren
a hundred and thirty.
Of the sons of Elisaphan, Semeias the chief: and his
brethren two hundred.
Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief: and his brethren
eighty.
Of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab the chief: and his brethren
a hundred and twelve.
And David called Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests, and
the Levites, Uriel, Asaia, Joel, Semeia, Eliel, and
Aminadab:
And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical
families, be sanctified with your brethren, and brine
the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place,
which is prepared for it:
Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were
not present, the same should now also come to pass,
by our doing some thing against the law.
So the priests and the Levites were sanctified, to carry
the ark of the Lord the God of Israel.
And the sons of Levi took the ark of God as Moses had
commanded, according to the word of the Lord, upon their
shoulders, with the staves.
And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites, to appoint
some of their brethren to be singers with musical instruments,
to wit, on psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, that
the joyful noise might resound on high.
And they appointed Levites, Hemam the son of Joel, and
of his brethren Asaph the son of Barachias: and of the
sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Casaia.
And with them their brethren: in the second rank, Zacharias,
and Ben, and Jaziel, and Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and
Ani, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Maasias, and Mathathias,
and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel,
the porters.
Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, sounded with
cymbals of brass.
And Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel,
and Ani, and Eliab, and Maasias, and Banaias, sung mysteries
upon psalteries.
And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias and Obededom,
and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sung a song of victory for the
octave upon harps.
And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the
prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.
And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.
And Sebenias, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai,
and Zacharias, and Banaias, and Eliezer the priests,
sounded with trumpets, before the ark of God: and Obededom
and Jehias were porters of the ark.
So David and all the ancients of Israel, and the captains
over thousands, went to bring the ark of the covenant
of the Lord out of the house of Obededom with joy.
And when God had helped the Levites who carried the
ark of the covenant of the Lord, they offered in sacrifice
seven oxen, and seven rams.
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and
all the Levites that carried the ark, and the singing
men, and Chonenias the ruler of the prophecy among the
singers: and David also had on him an ephod of linen.
And all Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the
Lord with joyful shouting, and sounding with the sound
of the comet, and with trumpets, and cymbals, and psalteries,
and harps.
And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come
to the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul looking
out at a window, saw king David dancing and playing,
and she despised him in her heart. |
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