1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then 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. 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: 7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty: 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. 11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 And 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. 13 For 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. 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. 15 And 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. 16 And 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. 17 So 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; 18 And 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 Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; 20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24 And 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 Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25 ¶ So 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 Obed-edom with joy. 26 And 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. 27 And 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. 28 Thus 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.
29 ¶ And 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.
1 fecit quoque sibi domos in civitate David
et aedificavit locum arcae Dei tetenditque ei tabernaculum
2 tunc dixit David
inlicitum est ut a quocumque portetur arca Dei
nisi a Levitis quos elegit Dominus ad portandum eam
et ad ministrandum sibi usque in aeternum
3 congregavitque universum Israhel in Hierusalem
ut adferretur arca Dei in locum suum quem praeparaverat ei
4 nec non et filios Aaron et Levitas
5 de filiis Caath Urihel princeps fuit
et fratres eius centum viginti
6 de filiis Merari Asaia princeps et fratres eius ducenti viginti
7 de filiis Gersom Iohel princeps et fratres eius centum triginta
8 de filiis Elisaphan Semeias princeps et fratres eius ducenti
9 de filiis Hebron Elihel princeps et fratres eius octoginta
10 de filiis Ozihel Aminadab princeps
et fratres eius centum duodecim
11 vocavitque David Sadoc et Abiathar sacerdotes
et Levitas Urihel Asaiam Iohel Semeiam Elihel et Aminadab
12 et dixit ad eos
vos qui estis principes familiarum leviticarum
sanctificamini cum fratribus vestris
et adferte arcam Domini Dei Israhel
ad locum qui ei praeparatus est
13 ne ut a principio quia non eratis praesentes percussit nos Dominus
sic et nunc fiat inlicitum quid nobis agentibus
14 sanctificati sunt ergo sacerdotes et Levitae
ut portarent arcam Domini Dei Israhel
15 et tulerunt filii Levi arcam Dei
sicut praeceperat Moses iuxta verbum Domini
umeris suis in vectibus
16 dixit quoque David principibus Levitarum
ut constituerent de fratribus suis cantores in organis musicorum
nablis videlicet et lyris et cymbalis
ut resonaret in excelsum sonitus laetitiae
17 constitueruntque Levitas Heman filium Iohel
et de fratribus eius Asaph filium Barachiae
de filiis vero Merari fratribus eorum Ethan filium Casaiae
18 et cum eis fratres eorum in secundo ordine
Zacchariam et Ben et Iazihel et Semiramoth et Iahihel et Ani
Eliab et Banaiam et Maasiam et Matthathiam et Eliphalu
et Macheniam et Obededom et Ieihel ianitores
19 porro cantores Heman Asaph et Ethan
in cymbalis aeneis concrepantes
20 Zaccharias autem et Ozihel et Semiramoth et Iahihel
et Ani et Eliab et Maasias et Banaias
in nablis arcana cantabant
21 porro Matthathias et Eliphalu et Machenias
et Obededom et Ieihel et Ozaziu
in citharis pro octava canebant epinikion
22 Chonenias autem princeps Levitarum prophetiae praeerat
ad praecinendam melodiam
erat quippe valde sapiens
23 et Barachias et Helcana ianitores arcae
24 porro Sebenias et Iosaphat et Nathanahel et Amasai
et Zaccharias et Banaias et Eliezer sacerdotes
clangebant tubis coram arca Dei
et Obededom et Ahias erant ianitores arcae
25 igitur David et maiores natu Israhel et tribuni
ierunt ad deportandam arcam foederis Domini
de domo Obededom cum laetitia
26 cumque adiuvisset Deus Levitas
qui portabant arcam foederis Domini
immolabantur septem tauri et septem arietes
27 porro David erat indutus stola byssina
et universi Levitae qui portabant arcam
cantoresque et Chonenias princeps prophetiae inter cantores
David autem indutus erat etiam ephod lineo
28 universusque Israhel deducebant arcam foederis Domini
in iubilo et sonitu bucinae
et tubis et cymbalis et nablis et citharis concrepantes
29 cumque pervenisset arca foederis Domini usque ad civitatem David
Michol filia Saul prospiciens per fenestram
vidit regem David saltantem atque ludentem
et despexit eum in corde suo