ThenDavidsaid, Noneought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for themhath the LORDchosen to carry the ark of God, and to ministerunto him for ever.
And saiduntothem, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctifyyourselves, both ye and yourbrethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israelunto the placethat I haveprepared for it.
And Davidspake to the chief of the Levites to appointtheirbrethren to be the singerswithinstruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voicewith joy.
So the LevitesappointedHeman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Meraritheirbrethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
And withthemtheirbrethren of the seconddegree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blowwith the trumpetsbefore the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiahweredoorkeepers for the ark.
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captainsoverthousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededomwith joy.
And David was clothedwith a robe of finelinen, and all the Levitesthatbare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the songwith the singers: Davidalso had upon him an ephod of linen.
Thus all Israelbrought up the ark of the covenant of the LORDwithshouting, and withsound of the cornet, and withtrumpets, and withcymbals, making a noisewithpsalteries and harps.
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORDcame to the city of David, thatMichal the daughter of Saullooking out at a window saw kingDaviddancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.