(KJV) 1 Chronicles 151

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⥃Preparing to Move the Ark [ 2 Samuel 6:12–15 ]

[1] And [David] made him houses2 in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.3 [2] Then David said, None ought to4 carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister5 unto him for ever. [3] And David gathered6 all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up7 the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it. [4] And David assembled the children of Aaron8, and the Levites: [5] Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel9 the chief, and his brethren10 an hundred and twenty: [6] Of the sons of Merari11; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: [7] Of the sons of Gershom; Joel12 the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty: [8] Of the sons of Elizaphan13; Shemaiah14 the chief, and his brethren two hundred: [9] Of the sons of Hebron15; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: [10] Of the sons of Uzziel16; Amminadab17 the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. [11] And David called for Zadok18 and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel19, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, [12] And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief20 of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify21 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. [13] For because ye [did it22] not at the first, the Lord23 our God made a breach upon us, for that24 we sought him not after the due order.

⥃The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark

[14] So the priests and the Levites sanctified25 themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. [15] And the children of the Levites bare the ark26 of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord. [16] And David27 spake to the chief28 of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers29 with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up30 the voice with joy. [17] So the Levites appointed Heman31 the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph32 the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan33 the son of Kushaiah; [18] And with them their brethren of the second34 [degree], Zechariah35, Ben, and Jaaziel36, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom37, and Jeiel, the porters. [19] So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;38 [20] And Zechariah, and Aziel39, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth40; [21] And Mattithiah41, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps42 on the Sheminith to excel43. [22] And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for44 song45: he instructed46 about the song, because he [was] skilful. [23] And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.47 [24] And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests48, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom49 and Jehiah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.

⥃Moving the Ark to Jerusalem

[25] So David50, and the elders of Israel, and the captains51 over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obed–edom52 with joy53. [26] And it came to pass, when God54 helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they55 offered seven bullocks56 and seven rams. [27] And David [was] clothed with a robe57 of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah58 the master of the song59 with the singers: David also [had] upon him an ephod of linen. [28] Thus all Israel brought up60 the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting61, and with sound of the cornet62, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

⥃Michal’s Contempt for David [ 2 Samuel 6:16 ]

[29] [¶]And it came to pass, [as] the ark63 of the covenant of the Lord64 came to the city of David, that Michal65 the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing66 and playing: and she despised67 him in her heart.

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  1. 1Chr 15:1, David having prepared a place for the ark, the priests and Levites bring it from Obed–edom; 1Chr 15:25, He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy; 1Chr 15:29, Michal despises him. ↩

  2. 2Sam 5:9, 2Sam 13:7-8, 2Sam 14:24, and he prepared, 1Chr 15:3, 1Chr 16:1, 1Chr 17:1-5; Ps 132:5; Acts 7:46 ↩

  3. am 2962, bc 1042 ↩

  4. etc. Heb. It is not to carry the ark of God, but for the Levites. them hath. Num 4:2-15, Num 4:19-20, Num 7:9; Deut 10:8, Deut 31:9; Josh 3:3, Josh 6:6; 2Chr 35:3 ↩

  5. Num 8:13-14, Num 8:24-26, Num 18:1-8; Isa 66:21; Jer 33:17-22 ↩

  6. 1Chr 13:5; 1Kgs 8:1 ↩

  7. 1Chr 15:1; 2Sam 6:12 ↩

  8. 1Chr 6:16-20, 1Chr 6:49-50, 1Chr 12:26-28; Exod 6:16-22; Num 3:4 ↩

  9. 1Chr 6:22-24 ↩

  10. or, kinsmen ↩

  11. 1Chr 6:29-30 ↩

  12. 1Chr 15:11, 1Chr 23:8 ↩

  13. Exod 6:22, Elzaphan ↩

  14. 1Chr 15:11 ↩

  15. 1Chr 6:2, 1Chr 23:12, 1Chr 23:19, 1Chr 26:23, 1Chr 26:30-31; Exod 6:18; Num 26:58 ↩

  16. 1Chr 6:18, 1Chr 23:12; Exod 6:18, Exod 6:22 ↩

  17. 1Chr 6:22 ↩

  18. 1Chr 12:28, 1Chr 18:16; 1Sam 22:20-23; 2Sam 8:17, 2Sam 15:24-29, 2Sam 15:35, 2Sam 20:25; 1Kgs 2:35 ↩

  19. 1Chr 15:5-10 ↩

  20. 1Chr 9:34, 1Chr 24:31 ↩

  21. 1Chr 15:14; Exod 19:14-15; 2Chr 5:11, 2Chr 29:4-5, 2Chr 30:15, 2Chr 35:6; Ezek 48:11; John 17:17; Rom 12:1-2; Rev 5:9-10 ↩

  22. 1Chr 13:7-9; 2Sam 6:3 ↩

  23. 1Chr 13:10-11; 2Sam 6:7-8 ↩

  24. 1Chr 15:2; Num 4:15, Num 7:9; Deut 31:9; 2Chr 30:17-20; Prov 28:13; 1Cor 11:2, 1Cor 14:40; 1John 1:8-10 ↩

  25. Lev 10:3; 2Chr 29:15, 2Chr 29:34; Joel 2:16-17 ↩

  26. Exod 25:12, Exod 25:12-15, Exod 37:3-5, Exod 40:20; Num 4:6, Num 4:15, Num 7:9; 1Kgs 8:8; 2Chr 5:9 ↩

  27. 2Chr 30:12; Ezra 7:24-28; Isa 49:23 ↩

  28. 1Chr 15:12; Acts 14:23; 1Tim 3:1-15; 2Tim 2:2; Titus 1:5 ↩

  29. 1Chr 15:27-28, 1Chr 6:31-38, 1Chr 13:8, 1Chr 16:42, 1Chr 23:5, 1Chr 25:1-6; 2Chr 29:28-30; Neh 12:36, Neh 12:46; Ps 87:7, Ps 149:3, Ps 150:3-4 ↩

  30. 2Chr 5:13; Ezra 3:10-11; Neh 12:43; Ps 81:1, Ps 92:1-3, Ps 95:1, Ps 100:1; Jer 33:11 ↩

  31. 1Chr 6:33, 1Chr 25:1-5; 1Sam 8:2 ↩

  32. 1Chr 6:39, 1Chr 25:2; Ps 73:1, Ps 83:1 *titles ↩

  33. 1Chr 15:19, 1Chr 6:44, son of Kishi ↩

  34. 1Chr 25:2-6, 1Chr 25:9-31 ↩

  35. 1Chr 16:5-6 ↩

  36. 1Chr 15:20, Aziel ↩

  37. 1Chr 13:14, 1Chr 16:5, 1Chr 16:38, 1Chr 26:4, 1Chr 26:8, 1Chr 26:15 ↩

  38. 1Chr 15:16, 1Chr 13:8, 1Chr 16:5, 1Chr 16:42, 1Chr 25:1, 1Chr 25:6; Ps 150:5 ↩

  39. 1Chr 15:18, Jaaziel ↩

  40. Ps 46:1 *title ↩

  41. 1Chr 15:18, 1Chr 16:5 ↩

  42. 1Chr 25:6-7; 1Sam 10:5; Ps 33:2, Ps 81:1-2, Ps 92:3, Ps 150:3 ↩

  43. or, eighth to oversee, Ps 6:1, Ps 12:1 *titles ↩

  44. etc. or, for the carriage, he instructed about the carriage ↩

  45. Heb. lifting up, 1Chr 15:16, 1Chr 15:27 ↩

  46. 1Chr 25:7-8 ↩

  47. 1Chr 9:21-23; 2Kgs 22:4, 2Kgs 25:18; Ps 84:10 ↩

  48. 1Chr 16:6; Num 10:8; 2Chr 5:12-13; Ps 81:13; Joel 2:1, Joel 2:15 ↩

  49. 1Chr 15:18, 1Chr 15:23 ↩

  50. 2Sam 6:12, 2Sam 6:13-23; 1Kgs 8:1 ↩

  51. Num 31:14; Deut 1:15; 1Sam 8:12, 1Sam 10:19, 1Sam 22:7; Mic 5:2 ↩

  52. 1Chr 13:14 ↩

  53. 1Chr 13:11-12; Deut 12:7, Deut 12:18, Deut 16:11, Deut 16:15; 2Chr 20:27-28; Ezra 6:16; Ps 95:1-2; Ps 100:1-2; Phil 3:3, Phil 4:4 ↩

  54. 1Chr 29:14; 1Sam 7:12; Acts 26:22; 2Cor 2:16, 2Cor 3:5 ↩

  55. 2Sam 6:13; Ps 66:13-15 ↩

  56. Num 23:1-2, Num 23:4, Num 23:29, Num 29:32; Job 42:8; Ezek 45:23 ↩

  57. 1Sam 2:18; 2Sam 6:14 ↩

  58. 1Chr 15:22 ↩

  59. or, carriage, 1Chr 15:22 ↩

  60. 2Sam 6:15 ↩

  61. 1Chr 15:16, 1Chr 13:8; 2Chr 5:12-13; Ezra 3:10-11; Ps 47:1-5, Ps 68:25, Ps 98:4-6; Ps 150:3-5 ↩

  62. Jerome on Hos 5:8 says this instrument is properly called in Greek κερατινη, from κερας G2768, a horn. The trumpets were, according to Josephus, made of metal, and about a cubit in length. See note on Num 10:2. ↩

  63. 1Chr 17:1; Num 10:33; Deut 31:26; Josh 4:7; Judg 20:27; 1Sam 4:3; Jer 3:16; Heb 9:4 ↩

  64. 2Sam 6:16 ↩

  65. 1Sam 18:27-28, 1Sam 19:11-17, 1Sam 25:44; 2Sam 3:13-14 ↩

  66. Exod 15:20; Ps 30:11, Ps 149:3, Ps 150:4; Eccl 3:4; Jer 30:19, Jer 33:11 ↩

  67. 2Sam 6:20-23; Ps 69:7-9; Acts 2:13; 1Cor 2:14; 2Cor 5:13 ↩