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bbe @1Chronicles:15:1 @And David made houses for himself in the town of David ; and he got ready a place for the ark of God , and put up a tent for it . bbe @1Chronicles:15:2 @Then David said , The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites , for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God , and to do his work for ever . bbe @1Chronicles:15:3 @And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem , to take the ark of the Lord to its place , which he had got ready for it . bbe @1Chronicles:15:4 @And David got together the sons of Aaron , and the Levites ; bbe @1Chronicles:15:5 @Of the sons of Kohath : Uriel the chief , and his brothers , a hundred and twenty ; bbe @1Chronicles:15:6 @Of the sons of Merari : Asaiah the chief , and his brothers , two hundred and twenty ; bbe @1Chronicles:15:7 @Of the sons of Gershom : Joel the chief , and his brothers , a hundred and thirty ; bbe @1Chronicles:15:8 @Of the sons of Elizaphan : Shemaiah the chief , and his brothers , two hundred ; bbe @1Chronicles:15:9 @Of the sons of Hebron : Eliel the chief , and his brothers , eighty ; bbe @1Chronicles:15:10 @Of the sons of Uzziel : Amminadab the chief , and his brothers , a hundred and twelve . bbe @1Chronicles:15:11 @And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests , and for the Levites , Uriel , Asaiah and Joel , Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab , bbe @1Chronicles:15:12 @And said to them , You are the heads of the families of the Levites : make yourselves holy , you and your brothers , so that you may take the ark of the Lord , the God of Israel , to the place which I have made ready for it . bbe @1Chronicles:15:13 @For because you did not take it at the first , the Lord our God sent punishment on us , because we did not get directions from him in the right way . bbe @1Chronicles:15:14 @So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord , the God of Israel . bbe @1Chronicles:15:15 @And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God , lifting it by its rods , as the Lord had said to Moses . bbe @1Chronicles:15:16 @And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position , with instruments of music , corded instruments and brass , with glad voices making sounds of joy . bbe @1Chronicles:15:17 @So Heman , the son of Joel , and , of his brothers , Asaph , the son of Berechiah ; and of the sons of Merari their brothers , Ethan , the son of Kushaiah , were put in position by the Levites ; bbe @1Chronicles:15:18 @And with them their brothers of the second order , Zechariah , Bani 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 door-keepers . bbe @1Chronicles:15:19 @So those who made melody , Heman , Asaph , and Ethan , were put in position , with brass instruments , sounding loudly ; bbe @1Chronicles:15:20 @And Zechariah and Aziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel , Unni and Eliab and Maaseiah and Benaiah , with corded instruments put to Alamoth . bbe @1Chronicles:15:21 @And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah , with corded instruments on the octave , to give the first note of the song . bbe @1Chronicles:15:22 @And Chenaniah , chief of the Levites , was master of the music : he gave directions about the song , because he was expert . bbe @1Chronicles:15:23 @And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark . bbe @1Chronicles:15:24 @And Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer , the priests , made music on the horns before the ark of God ; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark . bbe @1Chronicles:15:25 @So David , and the responsible men of Israel , and the captains over thousands , went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom . bbe @1Chronicles:15:26 @And when God gave help to the Levites who were lifting up the ark of the agreement of the Lord , they made an offering of seven oxen and seven sheep . bbe @1Chronicles:15:27 @And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen , as were all the Levites who took up the ark , and those who made melody , and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody ; and David had on a linen ephod ; bbe @1Chronicles:15:28 @So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord , with loud cries and with horns and brass and corded instruments sounding loudly . bbe @1Chronicles:15:29 @And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David , Michal , the daughter of Saul , looking out of the window , saw King David dancing and playing ; and to her mind he seemed foolish .

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