1 Chronicles

Chapter 15

1  David, having prepared a place for the Ark, ordereth the priests and Levites to bring it from Obed-edom.  25  He performeth the solemnity thereof with great joy.  29  Michal despiseth him.

15:1 ¶ And [David] made {6213} <8799> him houses {1004} in the city {5892} of David, {1732} and prepared {3559} <8686> a place {4725} for the ark {727} of God, {430} and pitched {5186} <8799> for it a tent. {168}

15:2 Then (227) David {1732} said, {559} <8804> None (3808) ought to carry {5375} <8800> (853) the ark {727} of God {430} but (3588) (518) the Levites: {3881} for (3588) them hath the LORD {3068} chosen {977} <8804> to carry {5375} <8800> (853) the ark {727} of God, {430} and to minister {8334} <8763> unto him for [5704] ever. {5769} (5704)

15:3 And David {1732} gathered {6950} <0> (853) all (3605) Israel {3478} together [6950] <8686> to (413) Jerusalem, {3389} to bring up {5927} <8687> (853) the ark {727} of the LORD {3068} unto (413) his place, {4725} which (834) he had prepared {3559} <8689> for it.

15:4 And David {1732} assembled {622} <8799> (853) the children {1121} of Aaron, {175} and the Levites: {3881}

15:5 Of the sons {1121} of Kohath; {6955} Uriel {222} the chief, {8269} and his brethren {251} an hundred {3967} and twenty: {6242}

15:6 Of the sons {1121} of Merari; {4847} Asaiah {6222} the chief, {8269} and his brethren {251} two hundred {3967} and twenty: {6242}

15:7 Of the sons {1121} of Gershom; [1647] (1648) Joel {3100} the chief, {8269} and his brethren {251} an hundred {3967} and thirty: {7970}

15:8 Of the sons {1121} of Elizaphan; {469} Shemaiah {8098} the chief, {8269} and his brethren {251} two hundred: {3967}

15:9 Of the sons {1121} of Hebron; {2275} Eliel {447} the chief, {8269} and his brethren {251} fourscore: {8084}

15:10 Of the sons {1121} of Uzziel; {5816} Amminadab {5992} the chief, {8269} and his brethren {251} an hundred {3967} and twelve. {8147} {6240}

15:11 And David {1732} called {7121} <8799> for Zadok {6659} and Abiathar {54} the priests, {3548} and for the Levites, {3881} for Uriel, {222} Asaiah, {6222} and Joel, {3100} Shemaiah, {8098} and Eliel, {447} and Amminadab, {5992}

15:12 And said {559} <8799> unto them, Ye (859) [are] the chief {7218} of the fathers {1} of the Levites: {3881} sanctify [6942] <8690> yourselves, (6942) [both] ye (859) and your brethren, {251} that ye may bring up {5927} <8689> (853) the ark {727} of the LORD {3068} God {430} of Israel {3478} unto (413) [the place that] I have prepared {3559} <8689> for it.

15:13 For because (3588) ye (859) [did it] not (3808) at the first, {7223} (4480) the LORD {3068} our God {430} made a breach {6555} <8804> upon us, for (3588) that we sought {1875} <8804> him not (3808) after the due order. {4941}

15:14 So the priests {3548} and the Levites {3881} sanctified [6942] <8691> themselves (6942) to bring up {5927} <8687> (853) the ark {727} of the LORD {3068} God {430} of Israel. {3478}

15:15 And the children {1121} of the Levites {3881} bare {5375} <8799> (853) the ark {727} of God {430} upon their shoulders {3802} with the staves {4133} thereon, (5921) as (834) Moses {4872} commanded {6680} <8765> according to the word {1697} of the LORD. {3068}

15:16 And David {1732} spake {559} <8799> to the chief {8269} of the Levites {3881} to appoint {5975} <8687> (853) their brethren {251} [to be] the singers {7891} <8789> with instruments {3627} of musick, {7892} psalteries {5035} and harps {3658} and cymbals, {4700} sounding, {8085} <8688> by lifting up {7311} <8687> the voice {6963} with joy. {8057}

15:17 So the Levites {3881} appointed {5975} <8686> (853) Heman {1968} the son {1121} of Joel; {3100} and of (4480) his brethren, {251} Asaph {623} the son {1121} of Berechiah; {1296} and of (4480) the sons {1121} of Merari {4847} their brethren, {251} Ethan {387} the son {1121} of Kushaiah; {6984}

15:18 And with (5973) them their brethren {251} of the second {4932} [degree], Zechariah, {2148} Ben, {1122} and Jaaziel, {3268} and Shemiramoth, {8070} and Jehiel, {3171} and Unni, {6042} Eliab, {446} and Benaiah, {1141} and Maaseiah, {4641} and Mattithiah, {4993} and Elipheleh, {466} and Mikneiah, {4737} and Obededom, {5654} and Jeiel, {3273} the porters. {7778}

15:19 So the singers, {7891} <8789> Heman, {1968} Asaph, {623} and Ethan, {387} [were appointed] to sound {8085} <8687> with cymbals {4700} of brass; {5178}

15:20 And Zechariah, {2148} and Aziel, {5815} and Shemiramoth, {8070} and Jehiel, {3171} and Unni, {6042} and Eliab, {446} and Maaseiah, {4641} and Benaiah, {1141} with psalteries {5035} on (5921) Alamoth; {5961}

15:21 And Mattithiah, {4993} and Elipheleh, {466} and Mikneiah, {4737} and Obededom, {5654} and Jeiel, {3273} and Azaziah, {5812} with harps {3658} on (5921) the Sheminith {8067} to excel. {5329} <8763>

15:22 And Chenaniah, {3663} chief {8269} of the Levites, {3881} [was] for song: {4853} he instructed {3256} about the song, {4853} because (3588) he (1931) [was] skilful. {995} <8688>

15:23 And Berechiah {1296} and Elkanah {511} [were] doorkeepers {7778} for the ark. {727}

15:24 And Shebaniah, {7645} and Jehoshaphat, [3146] (3046) and Nethaneel, {5417} and Amasai, {6022} and Zechariah, {2148} and Benaiah, {1141} and Eliezer, {461} the priests, {3548} did blow {2690} <8688> k8675- <8764> with the trumpets {2689} before {6440} the ark {727} of God: {430} and Obededom {5654} and Jehiah {3174} [were] doorkeepers {7778} for the ark. {727}

15:25 ¶ So (1961) David, {1732} and the elders {2205} of Israel, {3478} and the captains {8269} over thousands, {505} went {1980} <8802> to bring up {5927} <8687> (853) the ark {727} of the covenant {1285} of the LORD {3068} out of (4480) the house {1004} of Obededom {5654} with joy. {8057}

15:26 And it came to pass, (1961) when God {430} helped {5826} <8800> (853) the Levites {3881} that bare {5375} <8802> the ark {727} of the covenant {1285} of the LORD, {3068} that they offered {2076} <8799> seven {7651} bullocks {6499} and seven {7651} rams. {352}

15:27 And David {1732} [was] clothed {3736} <8794> with a robe {4598} of fine linen, {948} and all (3605) the Levites {3881} that bare {5375} <8802> (853) the ark, {727} and the singers, {7891} <8789> and Chenaniah {3663} the master {8269} of the song {4853} with the singers: {7891} <8789> David {1732} also [had] upon him an ephod {646} of linen. {906}

15:28 Thus all (3605) Israel {3478} brought up {5927} <8688> (853) the ark {727} of the covenant {1285} of the LORD {3068} with shouting, {8643} and with sound {6963} of the cornet, {7782} and with trumpets, {2689} and with cymbals, {4700} making a noise {8085} <8688> with psalteries {5035} and harps. {3658}

15:29 ¶ And it came to pass, (1961) [as] the ark {727} of the covenant {1285} of the LORD {3068} came {935} <8804> to (5704) the city {5892} of David, {1732} that Michal {4324} the daughter {1323} of Saul {7586} looking out {8259} <8738> at (1157) a window {2474} saw {7200} <8799> (853) king {4428} David {1732} dancing {7540} <8764> and playing: {7832} <8764> and she despised {959} <8799> him in her heart. {3820}