1 Chronicles 15

¹And he maketh for himself houses in the city of David, and prepareth a place for the ark of God, and stretcheth out for it a tent.

²Then said David, 'None [are] to carry the ark of God, except the Levites, for on them hath Jehovah fixed to carry the ark of God, and to serve Him — unto the age.'

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

⁴And David gathereth the sons of Aaron, and the Levites.

⁵Of sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty.

⁶Of sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.

⁷Of sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty.

⁸Of sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred.

⁹Of sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren, eighty.

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

¹¹And David calleth to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

¹²and saith to them, 'Ye [are] heads of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, ye and your brethren, and ye have brought up the ark of Jehovah, God of Israel, unto [the place] I have prepared for it;

¹³because at the first [it was] not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'