First Book of Chronicles, Chapter 15

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1 Chronicles 15 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 15 of 1 Chronicles—New World Translation (NWT)

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¶ And he continued building houses¹ for himself in the City of David; and he went on to prepare a place² for the ark of the [true] God and pitch a tent for it.
It was then that David said: “No one is to carry the ark of the [true] God but the Levites, for they are the ones whom Jehovah has chosen to carry the ark of Jehovah^[a]³ and to minister⁴ to him to time indefinite.”
Then David congregated all Israel at Jerusalem⁵ to bring the ark⁶ of Jehovah up to its place that he had prepared for it.
¶ And David proceeded to gather the sons of Aaron⁷ and the Levites;
of the sons of Koʹhath, U·riʹel⁸ the chief and his brothers, a hundred and twenty;
of the sons of Me·rarʹi,⁹ A·saiʹah¹⁰ the chief and his brothers, two hundred and twenty;
of the sons of Gerʹshom,¹¹ Joel¹² the chief and his brothers, a hundred and thirty;
of the sons of E·li·zaʹphan,¹³ She·maiʹah¹⁴ the chief and his brothers, two hundred;
of the sons of Heʹbron, Eʹli·el the chief and his brothers, eighty;
of the sons of Uzʹzi·el,¹⁵ Am·minʹa·dab the chief and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.
Furthermore, David called Zaʹdok¹⁶ and A·biʹa·thar¹⁷ the priests, and the Levites U·riʹel,¹⁸ A·saiʹah¹⁹ and Joel,²⁰ She·maiʹah²¹ and Eʹli·el²² and Am·minʹa·dab,
and he went on to say to them: “YOU are the heads²³ of the fathers of the Levites. Sanctify²⁴ yourselves, YOU and YOUR brothers, and YOU must bring the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel up to the place that^[b] I have prepared for it.
Because at the first time YOU did not,²⁵ Jehovah our God broke through against us,²⁶ for we did not search after him according to the custom.”²⁷
So the priests and the Levites sanctified²⁸ themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.
¶ Then the sons of the Levites began to carry²⁹ the ark of the [true] God, just as Moses had commanded by Jehovah’s word, upon their shoulders with the rods upon them.³⁰
David now said to the chiefs of the Levites to station their brothers the singers³¹ with the instruments of song,³² stringed instruments³³ and harps³⁴ and cymbals,³⁵ playing aloud to cause a sound of rejoicing to arise.
¶ Accordingly the Levites stationed Heʹman³⁶ the son of Joel and, of his brothers, Aʹsaph³⁷ the son of Ber·e·chiʹah; and, of the sons of Me·rarʹi their brothers, Eʹthan³⁸ the son of Kush·aʹiah;
and with them their brothers of the second division,³⁹ Zech·a·riʹah,⁴⁰ Ben and Ja·aʹzi·el and She·mirʹa·moth and Je·hiʹel and Unʹni, E·liʹab and Be·naiʹah and Ma·a·seiʹah and Mat·ti·thiʹah and E·liphʹe·le·hu and Mik·neʹiah, and Oʹbed-eʹdom⁴¹ and Je·iʹel the gatekeepers,
and the singers Heʹman,⁴² Aʹsaph⁴³ and Eʹthan, with the copper cymbals to play aloud;⁴⁴
and Zech·a·riʹah and Aʹzi·el⁴⁵ and She·mirʹa·moth and Je·hiʹel and Unʹni and E·liʹab and Ma·a·seiʹah and Be·naiʹah with stringed instruments tuned to Alʹa·moth,^[c]⁴⁶
and Mat·ti·thiʹah⁴⁷ and E·liphʹe·le·hu and Mik·neʹiah and Oʹbed-eʹdom and Je·iʹel and Az·a·ziʹah with harps⁴⁸ tuned to Shemʹi·nith,^[d]⁴⁹ to act as directors;
and Chen·a·niʹah⁵⁰ the chief of the Levites in carrying, he giving instruction^[e] in carrying, for he was expert;⁵¹
and Ber·e·chiʹah and El·kaʹnah the gatekeepers⁵² for the Ark;
and Sheb·a·niʹah and Joshʹa·phat and Ne·thanʹel and A·maʹsai and Zech·a·riʹah and Be·naiʹah and E·li·eʹzer the priests loudly sounding the trumpets⁵³ before the ark of the [true] God, and Oʹbed-eʹdom and Je·hiʹah the gatekeepers for the Ark.
¶ And David⁵⁴ and the older men of Israel⁵⁵ and the chiefs⁵⁶ of the thousands came to be the ones walking along to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the house of Oʹbed-eʹdom⁵⁷ with rejoicing.⁵⁸
And it came about when the [true] God helped⁵⁹ the Levites while carrying the ark of the covenant of Jehovah that they proceeded to sacrifice seven young bulls and seven rams.⁶⁰
And David was dressed in a sleeveless coat of fine fabric, and also all the Levites carrying the Ark and the singers and Chen·a·niʹah⁶¹ the chief of the carrying by the singers;⁶² but upon David there was an ephʹod⁶³ of linen.
And all the Israelites were bringing up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with joyful shouting⁶⁴ and with the sounding of the horn⁶⁵ and with trumpets⁶⁶ and with cymbals,⁶⁷ playing aloud on stringed instruments and harps.⁶⁸
¶ And it came about that, when the ark of the covenant⁶⁹ of Jehovah came as far as the City of David, Miʹchal,⁷⁰ Saul’s daughter, herself looked down through the window and got to see King David skipping about and celebrating;⁷¹ and she began to despise⁷² him in her heart.

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FOOTNOTES

^ “Jehovah,” Al, Leningrad B 19^A and many mss.
^ “The place that,” TVg and four Heb. mss; M omits.
^ “Alamoth,” an unexplained musical term. Lit., “young women.” Probably referring to the soprano voices of young women or the falsetto of boys.
^ “Sheminith.” Lit., “the eighth.” Possibly referring to the eighth key or a lower octave.
^ “He giving instruction.” In Heb. this is a verb in the infinitive absolute, indefinite as to time and impersonal.

REFERENCES

^ 2Sa 7:1
^ 1Ch 16:1; Ps 132:5; Ac 7:46
^ Nu 4:15; De 10:8; 31:9; Jos 3:3; 1Ch 15:15
^ Ex 40:15; Nu 8:15; 18:2; De 21:5
^ 1Ch 13:5
^ 2Sa 6:12
^ Nu 3:3, 9; 1Ch 6:49
^ 1Ch 15:11
^ 1Ch 6:1
^ 1Ch 6:30
^ Nu 3:17
^ 1Ch 23:8
^ Ex 6:22
^ 1Ch 15:11
^ Ex 6:18; 1Ch 6:18
^ 2Sa 8:17; 1Ch 12:28
^ 1Sa 22:20; 1Ki 2:35
^ 1Ch 15:5
^ 1Ch 6:30
^ 1Ch 15:7
^ 1Ch 15:8
^ 1Ch 15:9
^ 1Ch 9:34; 24:31
^ 1Sa 7:1
^ 2Sa 6:3; 1Ch 13:7
^ 2Sa 6:8; 1Ch 13:11
^ Nu 4:15; 7:9; De 31:9
^ 2Ch 29:15, 34
^ Ex 25:14
^ Ex 37:5; Nu 4:6; 2Ch 5:9
^ 1Ch 6:31; 15:27
^ 1Ki 10:12; 2Ch 5:13
^ 1Ch 16:5; Ps 33:2
^ Ps 149:3
^ 2Ch 5:12
^ 1Ch 6:33; 25:5
^ 1Ch 6:39; 25:2; Ps 83:superscription
^ 1Ch 6:44
^ 1Ch 25:9
^ 1Ch 16:5
^ 1Ch 15:21; 16:5
^ 1Ch 6:33; 25:1; 2Ch 5:12
^ 1Ch 15:17
^ 1Ch 13:8
^ 1Ch 15:18
^ Ps 46:superscription
^ 1Ch 16:5
^ 1Sa 10:5; 1Ch 25:6; Ps 92:3
^ Ps 6:superscription
^ 1Ch 15:27
^ 1Ch 25:7; Pr 22:29
^ 1Ch 9:21
^ 1Ch 16:6; 2Ch 15:14; 23:13
^ 2Sa 6:12
^ 1Ki 8:1
^ Nu 31:14; 1Sa 8:12
^ 1Ch 13:14
^ 2Sa 6:5
^ Ac 26:22
^ 2Sa 6:13
^ 1Ch 15:22
^ 1Ki 10:12; 1Ch 9:33; 2Ch 5:12
^ 1Sa 2:18
^ 2Sa 6:15; 1Ch 13:8
^ 2Sa 6:15
^ 1Ch 16:6
^ 1Ch 15:16
^ 2Sa 6:5
^ Nu 10:33; 1Ch 17:1; Heb 9:4
^ 1Sa 18:27; 2Sa 3:13
^ Ex 15:20; Ps 30:11
^ 2Sa 6:16; Pr 11:12

First Book of Chronicles, Chapter 15

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