NASB — 1 Chronicles 15 — KJV

Plans to Move the Ark to Jerusalem

1 Now [David] built° houses° for himself in the city° of David°; and he prepared° a place° for the ark° of God° and apitched° a tent° for it. 2 Then° David° said°, “aNo° one is to carry° the ark° of God° but the Levites°; for the LORD° chose° them to carry° the ark° of God° and to minister° to Him forever°°.” 3 And aDavid° assembled° all° Israel° at Jerusalem° to bring° up the ark° of the LORD° bto its place° which° he had prepared° for it. 4 David° gathered° together the sons° of Aaron° and athe Levites°: 5 of the sons° of Kohath°, Uriel° the chief°, and 120°° of his Irelatives°; 6 of the sons° of Merari°, Asaiah° the chief°, and 220°° of his relatives°; 7 of the sons° of Gershom°, Joel° the chief°, and 130°° of his relatives°; 8 of the sons° of Elizaphan°, Shemaiah° the chief°, and 200° of his relatives°; 9 of the sons° of Hebron°, Eliel° the chief°, and 80° of his relatives°; 10 of the sons° of Uzziel°, Amminadab° the chief°, and 112°°° of his relatives°.

[1] a1Ch 15:3; 16:1; 17:1-5
[2] aNu 4:15; Dt 10:8
[3] a1K 8:1; 1Ch 13:5 bEx 40:20f; 2S 6:12, 17; 1Ch 15:1, 12
[4] a1Ch 6:16-30; 12:26
[5] ILit brothers; i.e. fellow tribesmen, and so throughout the ch

11 ¶ Then David° called° for aZadok° and bAbiathar° the priests°, and for the Levites°, for Uriel°, Asaiah°, Joel°, Shemaiah°, Eliel° and Amminadab°, 12 and said° to them, “You are the heads° of the fathers’° [households] of the Levites°; aconsecrate° yourselves both you and your relatives°, that you may bring° up the ark° of the LORD° God° of Israel° bto [the place] that I have prepared° for it. 13 aBecause° you did not [carry it] at the first°, the LORD° our God° made° an outburst° on us, for we did not seek° Him according to the ordinance°.” 14 aSo the priests° and the Levites° consecrated° themselves to bring° up the ark° of the LORD° God° of Israel°. 15 The sons° of athe Levites° carried° the ark° of God° on their shoulders° with the poles° thereon°, as Moses° had commanded° according to the word° of the LORD°.

[11] a1Ch 12:28 b1S 22:20-23; 1K 2:26, 35
[12] aEx 19:14, 15; 2Ch 35:6 b1Ch 15:1, 3
[13] a2S 6:3; 1Ch 13:7
[14] a1Ch 15:12
[15] aEx 25:14; Nu 4:5f

16 ¶ Then David° spoke° to the chiefs° of the Levites° ato appoint° their relatives° the singers°, with instruments° of music°, harps°, lyres°, loud-sounding° cymbals°, to raise° sounds° of joy°. 17 So athe Levites° appointed° Heman° the son° of Joel°, and from his relatives°, Asaph° the son° of Berechiah°; and from the sons° of Merari° their relatives°, Ethan° the son° of Kushaiah°, 18 and with them their relatives° of the second° rank°, Zechariah°, IBen°, Jaaziel°, Shemiramoth°, Jehiel°, Unni°, Eliab°, Benaiah°, Maaseiah°, Mattithiah°, Eliphelehu°, Mikneiah°, Obed-edom° and Jeiel°, the gatekeepers°. 19 So the singers°, Heman°, Asaph° and Ethan° [were appointed] to sound° aloud cymbals° of bronze°; 20 and Zechariah°, Aziel°, Shemiramoth°, Jehiel°, Unni°, Eliab°, Maaseiah° and Benaiah°, with Iharps° [tuned] to aalamoth°; 21 and Mattithiah°, Eliphelehu°, Mikneiah°, Obed-edom°, Jeiel° and Azaziah°, to lead° with Ilyres° tuned to athe sheminith°. 22 Chenaniah°, chief° of the Levites°, was [in charge of] the singing°; he gave° instruction° in singing° because° he was skillful°. 23 Berechiah° and Elkanah° were gatekeepers° for the ark°. 24 Shebaniah°, Joshaphat°, Nethanel°, Amasai°, Zechariah°, Benaiah° and Eliezer°, the priests°, ablew° the trumpets° before° the ark° of God°. Obed-edom° and Jehiah° also [were] gatekeepers° for the ark°.

[16] a1Ch 13:8; 25:1
[17] a1Ch 25:1
[18] IOmitted in Gr and many mss
[20] IOr harps of maiden-like tone aPs 46: title
[21] IOr octave harps aPs 6: title
[24] a1Ch 15:28; 16:6

25aSo [it was] David°, with the elders° of Israel° and the captains° over thousands°, who went° to bring° up the ark° of the covenant° of the LORD° from bthe house° of Obed-edom° with joy°. 26 Because God° was helping° the Levites° who were carrying° the ark° of the covenant° of the LORD°, they sacrificed° aseven° bulls° and seven° rams°. 27 Now David° was clothed° with a robe° of fine° linen° with all° the Levites° who were carrying° the ark°, and the singers° and Chenaniah° the leader° of the singing° [with] the singers°. aDavid° also wore° an ephod° of linen°. 28 Thus all° Israel° brought° up the ark° of the covenant° of the LORD° with shouting°, and with sound° of the horn°, with trumpets°, with loud-sounding° cymbals°, with harps° and lyres°.

[25] a2S 6:12, 15 b1Ch 13:13
[26] aNu 23:1-4, 29
[27] a2S 6:14

29 ¶ It happened° when the ark° of the covenant° of the LORD° came° to the city° of David°, that aMichal° the daughter° of Saul° looked° out of the window° and saw° King° David° leaping° and celebrating°; and she despised° him in her heart°.

[29] a2S 3:13f; 6:16


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David, having prepared a place for the Ark, ordereth the priests and Levites to bring it from Obed-edom.

1 ¶ And [David] madeºª him housesº in the cityº of David,º and preparedºª a placeº for the arkº of God,º and pitchedºª for it a tent.º 2 Then² Davidº said,ºª None² ought to carryºª² the arkº of Godº but²² the Levites:º for² them hath the LORDº chosenºª to carryºª² the arkº of God,º and to ministerºª unto him for¹ ever.º² 3 And Davidº gatheredºª² all² Israelº together¹ª to² Jerusalem,º to bring upºª² the arkº of the LORDº unto² his place,º which² he had preparedºª for it. 4 And Davidº assembledºª² the childrenº of Aaron,º and the Levites:º 5 Of the sonsº of Kohath;º Urielº the chief,º and his brethrenº an hundredº and twenty:º 6 Of the sonsº of Merari;º Asaiahº the chief,º and his brethrenº two hundredº and twenty:º 7 Of the sonsº of Gershom;¹² Joelº the chief,º and his brethrenº an hundredº and thirty:º 8 Of the sonsº of Elizaphan;º Shemaiahº the chief,º and his brethrenº two hundred:º 9 Of the sonsº of Hebron;º Elielº the chief,º and his brethrenº fourscore:º 10 Of the sonsº of Uzziel;º Amminadabº the chief,º and his brethrenº an hundredº and twelve.ºº 11 And Davidº calledºª for Zadokº and Abiatharº the priests,º and for the Levites,º for Uriel,º Asaiah,º and Joel,º Shemaiah,º and Eliel,º and Amminadab,º 12 And saidºª unto them, Ye² [are] the chiefº of the fathersº of the Levites:º sanctify¹ª yourselves,² [both] ye² and your brethren,º that ye may bring upºª² the arkº of the LORDº Godº of Israelº unto² [the place that] I have preparedºª for it. 13 For because² ye² [did it] not² at the first,º² the LORDº our Godº made a breachºª upon us, for² that we soughtºª him not² after the due order.º 14 So the priestsº and the Levitesº sanctified¹ª themselves² to bring upºª² the arkº of the LORDº Godº of Israel.º 15 And the childrenº of the Levitesº bareºª² the arkº of Godº upon their shouldersº with the stavesº thereon,² as² Mosesº commandedºª according to the wordº of the LORD.º 16 And Davidº spakeºª to the chiefº of the Levitesº to appointºª² their brethrenº [to be] the singersºª with instrumentsº of musick,º psalteriesº and harpsº and cymbals,º sounding,ºª by lifting upºª the voiceº with joy.º 17 So the Levitesº appointedºª² Hemanº the sonº of Joel;º and of² his brethren,º Asaphº the sonº of Berechiah;º and of² the sonsº of Merariº their brethren,º Ethanº the sonº of Kushaiah;º 18 And with² them their brethrenº of the secondº [degree], Zechariah,º Ben,º and Jaaziel,º and Shemiramoth,º and Jehiel,º and Unni,º Eliab,º and Benaiah,º and Maaseiah,º and Mattithiah,º and Elipheleh,º and Mikneiah,º and Obededom,º and Jeiel,º the porters.º 19 So the singers,ºª Heman,º Asaph,º and Ethan,º [were appointed] to soundºª with cymbalsº of brass;º 20 And Zechariah,º and Aziel,º and Shemiramoth,º and Jehiel,º and Unni,º and Eliab,º and Maaseiah,º and Benaiah,º with psalteriesº on² Alamoth;º 21 And Mattithiah,º and Elipheleh,º and Mikneiah,º and Obededom,º and Jeiel,º and Azaziah,º with harpsº on² the Sheminithº to excel.ºª 22 And Chenaniah,º chiefº of the Levites,º [was] for song:º he instructedº about the song,º because² he² [was] skilful.ºª 23 And Berechiahº and Elkanahº [were] doorkeepersº for the ark.º 24 And Shebaniah,º and Jehoshaphat,¹² and Nethaneel,º and Amasai,º and Zechariah,º and Benaiah,º and Eliezer,º the priests,º did blowºªªª with the trumpetsº beforeº the arkº of God:º and Obededomº and Jehiahº [were] doorkeepersº for the ark.º

[1] 2S 5:9; 13:7; 14:24; 1Ch 15:3; 16:1; 17:1; Ps 132:5; Ac 7:46.
[2] Nu 4:2, 19; 7:9; 8:13, 24; 18:1; Dt 10:8; 31:9; Jsh 3:3; 6:6; 2Ch 35:3; Is 66:21; Jr 33:17.
[3] 2S 6:12; 1K 8:1; 1Ch 13:5; 15:1.
[4] Ex 6:16; Nu 3:4; 1Ch 6:16, 49; 12:26.
[5] 1Ch 6:22.
[6] 1Ch 6:29.
[7] 1Ch 15:11; 23:8.
[8] Ex 6:22; 1Ch 15:11.
[9] Ex 6:18; Nu 26:58; 1Ch 6:2; 23:12, 19; 26:23, 30.
[10] Ex 6:18, 22; 1Ch 6:18, 22; 23:12.
[11] 1S 22:20; 2S 8:17; 15:24, 35; 20:25; 1K 2:35; 1Ch 12:28; 15:5; 18:16.
[12] Ex 19:14; 1Ch 9:34; 15:14; 24:31; 2Ch 5:11; 29:4; 30:15; 35:6; Ezk 48:11; Jn 17:17; Ro 12:1; Rv 5:9.
[13] Nu 4:15; 7:9; Dt 31:9; 2S 6:3, 7; 1Ch 13:7, 10; 15:2; 2Ch 30:17; Pv 28:13; 1Co 11:2; 14:40; 1Jn 1:8.
[14] Lv 10:3; 2Ch 29:15, 34; Jol 2:16.
[15] Ex 25:12; 37:3; 40:20; Nu 4:6, 15; 7:9; 1K 8:8; 2Ch 5:9.
[16] 1Ch 6:31; 13:8; 15:12, 27; 16:42; 23:5; 25:1; 2Ch 5:13; 29:28; 30:12; Ezr 3:10; 7:24; Ne 12:36, 43, 46; Ps 81:1; 87:7; 92:1; 95:1; 100:1; 149:3; 150:3; Is 49:23; Jr 33:11; Ac 14:23; 1Ti 3:1; 2Ti 2:2; Tit 1:5.
[17] 1S 8:2; 1Ch 6:33, 39, 44; 15:19; 25:1, 2; Ps 73:1; 83:1.
[18] 1Ch 13:14; 15:20; 16:5, 38; 25:2, 9; 26:4, 8, 15.
[19] 1Ch 13:8; 15:16; 16:5, 42; 25:1, 6; Ps 150:5.
[20] 1Ch 15:18; Ps 46:1.
[21] 1S 10:5; 1Ch 15:18; 16:5; 25:6; Ps 6:1; 12:1; 33:2; 81:1; 92:3; 150:3.
[22] 1Ch 15:16, 27; 25:7.
[23] 2K 22:4; 25:18; 1Ch 9:21; Ps 84:10.
[24] Nu 10:8; 1Ch 15:18, 23; 16:6; 2Ch 5:12; Ps 81:13; Jol 2:1, 15.

He performeth the solemnity thereof with great joy.

25 ¶ So² David,º and the eldersº of Israel,º and the captainsº over thousands,º wentºª to bring upºª² the arkº of the covenantº of the LORDº out of² the houseº of Obededomº with joy.º 26 And it came to pass,² when Godº helpedºª² the Levitesº that bareºª the arkº of the covenantº of the LORD,º that they offeredºª sevenº bullocksº and sevenº rams.º 27 And Davidº [was] clothedºª with a robeº of fine linen,º and all² the Levitesº that bareºª² the ark,º and the singers,ºª and Chenaniahº the masterº of the songº with the singers:ºª Davidº also [had] upon him an ephodº of linen.º 28 Thus all² Israelº brought upºª² the arkº of the covenantº of the LORDº with shouting,º and with soundº of the cornet,º and with trumpets,º and with cymbals,º making a noiseºª with psalteriesº and harps.º

[25] Nu 31:14; Dt 1:15; 12:7, 18; 16:11, 15; 1S 8:12; 10:19; 22:7; 2S 6:12, 13; 1K 8:1; 1Ch 13:11, 14; 2Ch 20:27; Ezr 6:16; Ps 95:1; 100:1; Mi 5:2; Php 3:3; 4:4.
[26] Nu 23:1, 4, 29; 29:32; 1S 7:12; 2S 6:13; 1Ch 29:14; Jb 42:8; Ps 66:13; Ezk 45:23; Ac 26:22; 2Co 2:16; 3:5.
[27] 1S 2:18; 2S 6:14; 1Ch 15:22.
[28] Nu 10:2; 2S 6:15; 1Ch 13:8; 15:16; 2Ch 5:12; Ezr 3:10; Ps 47:1; 68:25; 98:4; 150:3; Ho 5:8.

Michal despiseth him.

29 ¶ And it came to pass,² [as] the arkº of the covenantº of the LORDº cameºª to² the cityº of David,º that Michalº the daughterº of Saulº looking outºª at² a windowº sawºª² kingº Davidº dancingºª and playing:ºª and she despisedºª him in her heart.º

[29] Ex 15:20; Nu 10:33; Dt 31:26; Jsh 4:7; Jg 20:27; 1S 4:3; 18:27; 19:11; 25:44; 2S 3:13; 6:16, 20; 1Ch 17:1; Ps 30:11; 69:7; 149:3; 150:4; Ec 3:4; Jr 3:16; 30:19; 33:11; Ac 2:13; 1Co 2:14; 2Co 5:13; He 9:4.


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