| King James Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. | 1David 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. |
| 2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. | 2Then David said, "No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before him forever." |
| 3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. | 3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it. |
| 4And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: | 4Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites: |
| 5Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: | 5From the Kohathites, Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives; |
| 6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: | 6from the Merarites, Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives; |
| 7Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty: | 7from the Gershomites, Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives; |
| 8Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: | 8from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives; |
| 9Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: | 9from the Hebronites, Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives; |
| 10Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. | 10from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives. |
| 11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, | 11David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. |
| 12And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. | 12He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. |
| 13For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. | 13For the LORD our God burst out in anger against us because you Levites were not with us the first time, for we didn't inquire of him about the proper procedures." |
| 14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. | 14So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. |
| 15And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD. | 15Then the Levites carried the ark of God the way Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD: on their shoulders with the poles. |
| 16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. | 16Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments--harps, lyres, and cymbals. |
| 17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; | 17So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah. |
| 18And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. | 18With them were their relatives second in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. |
| 19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; | 19The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; |
| 20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; | 20Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth |
| 21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. | 21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to the Sheminith. |
| 22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. | 22Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music because he was skillful. |
| 23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. | 23Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark. |
| 24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. | 24The priests, Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be gatekeepers for the ark. |
| 25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy. | 25David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom. |
| 26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. | 26Because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, with God's help, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. |
| 27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. | 27Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the music leader of the singers. David also wore a linen ephod. |
| 28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. | 28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouts, the sound of the ram's horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and the playing of harps and lyres. |
| 29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. | 29As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the city of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing, and she despised him in her heart. |
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