American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And David made[H6213] him houses[H1004] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732]; and he prepared[H3559] a place[H4725] for the ark[H727] of God[H430], and pitched[H5186] for it a tent[H168].

2. Then David[H1732] said[H559], None ought to carry[H5375] the ark[H727] of God[H430] but the Levites[H3881]: for them hath Jehovah[H3068] chosen[H977] to carry[H5375] the ark[H727] of God[H430], and to minister[H8334] unto him for[H5704] ever[H5769].

3. And David[H1732] assembled[H6950] all Israel[H3478] at[H6950] Jerusalem[H3389], to bring up[H5927] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068] unto its place[H4725], which he had prepared for it[H3559].

4. And David[H1732] gathered[H622] together the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175], and the Levites[H3881]:

5. of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955], Uriel[H222] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] a hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242];

6. of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], Asaiah[H6222] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] two hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242];

7. of the sons[H1121] of Gershom[H1647], Joel[H3100] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] a hundred[H3967] and thirty[H7970];

8. of the sons[H1121] of Elizaphan[H469], Shemaiah[H8098] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] two hundred[H3967];

9. of the sons[H1121] of Hebron[H2275], Eliel[H447] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] fourscore[H8084];

10. of the sons[H1121] of Uzziel[H5816], Amminadab[H5992] the chief[H8269], and his brethren[H251] a hundred[H3967] and twelve[H8147].

11. 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],

12. and said[H559] unto them[H7218], Ye are the heads of the fathers[H1]' houses of the Levites[H3881]: sanctify[H6942] yourselves[H251], both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up[H5927] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], unto the place that I have prepared for it[H3559].

13. For because ye bare it not at the first[H7223], Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430] made a breach[H6555] upon us[H1875], for that we sought him not according to the ordinance[H4941].

14. So the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881] sanctified[H6942] themselves to bring up[H5927] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478].

15. 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[H4872], as Moses commanded[H6680] according to the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068].

16. And David[H1732] spake[H559] to the chief[H8269] of the Levites[H3881] to appoint[H5975] their brethren[H251] the singers[H7891], with instruments[H3627] of music[H7892], psalteries[H5035] and harps[H3658] and cymbals[H4700], sounding[H8085] aloud and lifting up[H7311] the voice[H6963] with joy[H8057].

17. 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];

18. and with them their brethren[H251] of the second[H4932] degree[H2148], Zechariah, 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 Eliphelehu[H466], and Mikneiah[H4737], and Obed-edom[H5654], and Jeiel[H3273], the doorkeepers[H7778].

19. So the singers[H7891], Heman[H1968], Asaph[H623], and Ethan[H387], were appointed with cymbals[H4700] of brass[H5178] to sound aloud[H8085];

20. 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] set to Alamoth[H5961];

21. and Mattithiah[H4993], and Eliphelehu[H466], and Mikneiah[H4737], and Obed-edom[H5654], and Jeiel[H3273], and Azaziah[H5812], with harps[H3658] set to the Sheminith[H8067], to lead[H5329].

22. And Chenaniah[H3663], chief[H8269] of the Levites[H3881], was over the song[H4853]: he instructed[H3256] about the song[H4853], because he was skilful[H995].

23. And Berechiah[H1296] and Elkanah[H511] were doorkeepers[H7778] for the ark[H727].

24. And Shebaniah[H7645], and Joshaphat[H3146], and Nethanel[H5417], and Amasai[H6022], and Zechariah[H2148], and Benaiah[H1141], and Eliezer[H461], the priests[H3548], did blow[H2690] the trumpets[H2689] before[H6440] the ark[H727] of God[H430]: and Obed-edom[H5654] and Jehiah[H3174] were doorkeepers[H7778] for the ark[H727].

25. 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 Jehovah[H3068] out of the house[H1004] of Obed-edom[H5654] with joy[H8057].

26. And it came to pass[H430], when God helped[H5826] the Levites[H3881] that bare[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068], that they sacrificed[H2076] seven[H7651] bullocks[H6499] and seven[H7651] rams[H352].

27. 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]: and David[H1732] had upon him an ephod[H646] of linen[H906].

28. Thus all Israel[H3478] brought up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068] with shouting[H8643], and with sound[H6963] of the cornet[H7782], and with trumpets[H2689], and with cymbals[H4700], sounding aloud[H8085] with psalteries[H5035] and harps[H3658].

29. And it came to pass[H727], as the ark of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068] came[H935] to the city[H5892] of David[H1732], that Michal[H4324] the daughter[H1323] of Saul[H7586] looked out[H8259] at the window[H2474], and saw[H7200] king[H4428] David[H1732] dancing[H7540] and playing[H7832]; and she despised[H959] him in her heart[H3820].