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And David[H1732]made[H6213] him houses[H1004] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732], and prepared[H3559] a place[H4725] for the ark[H727] of God[H430], and pitched[H5186] for it a tent[H168].
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Then David[H1732]said[H559], None ought to carry[H5375] the ark[H727] of God[H430] but the Levites[H3881]: for[H5704] them hath the LORD[H3068]chosen[H977] to carry[H5375] the ark[H727] of God[H430], and to minister[H8334] unto him for[H5704]ever[H5769].
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And David[H1732]gathered[H6950] all Israel[H3478]together[H6950] to Jerusalem[H3389], to bring up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068] unto his place[H4725], which he had prepared[H3559] for it.
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And David[H1732]assembled[H622] the children[H1121] of Aaron[H175], and the Levites[H3881]:
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Of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955]; Uriel[H222] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] an hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242]:
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Of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847]; Asaiah[H6222] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] two hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242]:
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Of the sons[H1121] of Gershom[H1647]; Joel[H3100] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] an hundred[H3967] and thirty[H7970]:
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Of the sons[H1121] of Elizaphan[H469]; Shemaiah[H8098] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] two hundred[H3967]:
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Of the sons[H1121] of Hebron[H2275]; Eliel[H447] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251]fourscore[H8084]:
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Of the sons[H1121] of Uzziel[H5816]; Amminadab[H5992] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] an hundred[H3967] and twelve[H8147].
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And David[H1732]called[H7121] for Zadok[H6659] and Abiathar[H54] the priests[H3548], and for the Levites[H3881], for Uriel[H222], Asaiah[H6222], and Joel[H3100], Shemaiah[H8098], and Eliel[H447], and Amminadab[H5992],
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And said[H559] unto them, Ye are the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1] of the Levites[H3881]: sanctify[H6942] yourselves, both ye and your brethren[H251], that ye may bring up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478] unto the place that I have prepared[H3559] for it.
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For because ye did it not at the first[H7223], the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] made a breach[H6555] upon us, for that we sought[H1875] him not after the due order[H4941].
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So the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881]sanctified[H6942] themselves to bring up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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And the children[H1121] of the Levites[H3881]bare[H5375] the ark[H727] of God[H430] upon their shoulders[H3802] with the staves[H4133] thereon, as Moses[H4872]commanded[H6680] according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].
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And David[H1732]spake[H559] to the chief[H8269] of the Levites[H3881] to appoint[H5975] their brethren[H251] to be the singers[H7891] with instruments[H3627] of musick[H7892], psalteries[H5035] and harps[H3658] and cymbals[H4700], sounding[H8085], by lifting up[H7311] the voice[H6963] with joy[H8057].
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So the Levites[H3881]appointed[H5975]Heman[H1968] the son[H1121] of Joel[H3100]; and of his brethren[H251], Asaph[H623] the son[H1121] of Berechiah[H1296]; and of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847] their brethren[H251], Ethan[H387] the son[H1121] of Kushaiah[H6984];
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And with them their brethren[H251] of the second[H4932] degree, Zechariah[H2148], Ben[H1122], and Jaaziel[H3268], and Shemiramoth[H8070], and Jehiel[H3171], and Unni[H6042], Eliab[H446], and Benaiah[H1141], and Maaseiah[H4641], and Mattithiah[H4993], and Elipheleh[H466], and Mikneiah[H4737], and Obededom[H5654], and Jeiel[H3273], the porters[H7778].
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So the singers[H7891], Heman[H1968], Asaph[H623], and Ethan[H387], were appointed to sound[H8085] with cymbals[H4700] of brass[H5178];
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And Zechariah[H2148], and Aziel[H5815], and Shemiramoth[H8070], and Jehiel[H3171], and Unni[H6042], and Eliab[H446], and Maaseiah[H4641], and Benaiah[H1141], with psalteries[H5035] on Alamoth[H5961];
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And Mattithiah[H4993], and Elipheleh[H466], and Mikneiah[H4737], and Obededom[H5654], and Jeiel[H3273], and Azaziah[H5812], with harps[H3658] on the Sheminith[H8067] to excel[H5329].
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And Chenaniah[H3663], chief[H8269] of the Levites[H3881], was for song[H4853]: he instructed[H3256] about the song[H4853], because he was skilful[H995].
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And Berechiah[H1296] and Elkanah[H511] were doorkeepers[H7778] for the ark[H727].
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And Shebaniah[H7645], and Jehoshaphat[H3146], and Nethaneel[H5417], and Amasai[H6022], and Zechariah[H2148], and Benaiah[H1141], and Eliezer[H461], the priests[H3548], did blow[H2690] with the trumpets[H2689]before[H6440] the ark[H727] of God[H430]: and Obededom[H5654] and Jehiah[H3174] were doorkeepers[H7778] for the ark[H727].
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So David[H1732], and the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478], and the captains[H8269] over thousands[H505], went[H1980] to bring up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] out of the house[H1004] of Obededom[H5654] with joy[H8057].
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And it came to pass, when God[H430]helped[H5826] the Levites[H3881] that bare[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068], that they offered[H2076]seven[H7651]bullocks[H6499] and seven[H7651]rams[H352].
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And David[H1732] was clothed[H3736] with a robe[H4598] of fine linen[H948], and all the Levites[H3881] that bare[H5375] the ark[H727], and the singers[H7891], and Chenaniah[H3663] the master[H8269] of the song[H4853] with the singers[H7891]: David[H1732] also had upon him an ephod[H646] of linen[H906].
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Thus all Israel[H3478] brought up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] with shouting[H8643], and with sound[H6963] of the cornet[H7782], and with trumpets[H2689], and with cymbals[H4700], making a noise[H8085] with psalteries[H5035] and harps[H3658].
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And it came[H935] to pass, as the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068]came[H935] to the city[H5892] of David[H1732], that Michal[H4324] the daughter[H1323] of Saul[H7586] looking out[H8259] at a window[H2474]saw[H7200]king[H4428]David[H1732]dancing[H7540] and playing[H7832]: and she despised[H959] him in her heart[H3820].