1 Chronicles 15

1AndDavidmade him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

1David built several houses for himself in the City of David. He also prepared a place for the ark of God and set up a tent for it.

2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

2Then David said, "No one but the Levites should carry the ark of God, because the LORD chose them to carry it and to serve him forever."

3And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.

3David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the LORD up to the place he had prepared for it.

4And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

4David also brought together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

5of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty;

5From the descendants of Kohath, there was 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 descendants of Merari, there was Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives.

7of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;

7From the descendants of Gershom, there was Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives.

8of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;

8From the descendants of Elizaphan, there was Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives.

9of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore;

9From the descendants of Hebron, there was Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives.

10of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

10From the descendants of Uzziel, there was 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 called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

12and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it.

12He said to them, "You are the leaders of the Levite families. You and your relatives must purify yourselves so you can bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I prepared for it.

13For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.

13Because you were not there the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us. We did not ask him how to move it according to the rules."

14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

14So the priests and the Levites purified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the 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 Jehovah.

15The Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with its poles, just as Moses had commanded based on the word of the LORD.

16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

16David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to play instruments—harps, lyres, and loud cymbals—to sing joyful songs.

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 Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.

18With them were their relatives next in rank: Zechariah, Ben, 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, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

19The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to clash bronze cymbals.

20and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;

20Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the lyres according to the Alamoth style.

21and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

21Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with harps played according to the Sheminith style.

22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

22Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of the singing. He gave instructions about the music because he was very skillful.

23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

23Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.

24And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

24The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also 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 Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

25So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the house of Obed-edom with great celebration.

26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.

26Because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the LORD’s covenant, 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: and David had upon him an ephod of linen.

27David was wearing a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who carried the ark, the singers, and Kenaniah, the music leader. David also wore a linen vest called an ephod.

28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.

28All Israel brought up the ark of the LORD’s covenant with shouting and the sound of ram’s horns, trumpets, and loud cymbals, along with lyres and harps.

29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

29As the ark of the LORD’s covenant entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out a window. When she saw King David dancing and celebrating, she felt contempt for him in her heart.