The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

1 Chronicles 15

1 David 1 built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and d pitched a tent for it. 2 Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry e the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever. 3 f And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord g to its place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and h the Levites: 5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with 120 of his brothers; 6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 of his brothers; 7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 of his brothers; 8 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with 200 of his brothers; 9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with 80 of his brothers; 10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with 112 of his brothers. 11 Then David summoned the priests i Zadok and j Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. k Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, l to the place that I have prepared for it. 13 m Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule." 14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders n with the poles, o as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.

16 David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on p musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. 17 So the Levites appointed q Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers r Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, s Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. 19 The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals; 20 Zechariah, t Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to u Alamoth; 21 but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, v Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to w the Sheminith. 22 Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it. 23 Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark. 24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, should x blow the trumpets before the ark of God. v Obed-edom and Jehiah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

25 y So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of v Obed-edom with rejoicing. 26 And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed z seven bulls and seven rams. 27 David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers. And David wore a linen ephod. 28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, a trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on b harps and lyres.

29 And as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and rejoicing, and she despised him in her heart.

  1. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 16:1
    And they brought in the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:15
    And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
    1 Chronicles 15:26
    And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
    Numbers 4:2
    Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their clans and their fathers' houses.
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
  3. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 13:5
    So David assembled all Israel from the Nile of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
    1 Kings 8:1
    Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
  4. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:1
    David built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
    1 Chronicles 15:12
    And said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
    2 Samuel 6:17
    And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
  5. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:16 - 30
    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
  6. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:8
    Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz.
    1 Chronicles 16:39
    And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon
  7. Cross References
    1 Samuel 22:20
    But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
    1 Kings 2:26
    And to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you shared in all my father's affliction.
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 35:6
    And slaughter the Passover lamb, and consecrate yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of the Lord by Moses.
  9. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:1
    David built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
    1 Chronicles 15:3
    And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.
  10. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 13:7
    And they carried the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ahio were driving the cart.
    2 Samuel 6:3
    And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 25:14
    And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
    Numbers 7:9
    But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder.
  13. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 13:8
    And David and all Israel were rejoicing before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.
    1 Chronicles 16:5
    Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals.
    1 Chronicles 16:42
    Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.
  14. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:33
    These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel.
  15. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:39
    And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea.
  16. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:44
    On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch.
  17. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:18
    And with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 46:1
    God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  19. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 26:4
    And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 6:1
    O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
  21. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:28
    So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.
    1 Chronicles 16:6
    And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
    Numbers 10:8
    And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
  22. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:21
    But Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to the Sheminith.
  23. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:25 - 28
    So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
    2 Samuel 6:12 - 15
    And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.
  24. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:21
    But Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to the Sheminith.
  25. Cross References
    Numbers 23:1
    And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.
    Job 42:8
    Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
  26. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:24
    Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, should blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.
  27. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:16
    David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.
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