1 Chronicles 15

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.	1 After he had put up buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of Godand pitched a tent for it.
2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.	2 David then said, 'No one but the Levites should carry the ark of God, since Yahweh has chosen themto carry the ark of Yahweh and to minister to him for ever.'
3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.	3 David then summoned al Israel to Jerusalem, to move the ark of Yahweh to the place which he hadprepared for it.
4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:	4 David also cal ed the sons of Aaron and the Levites together:
5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:	5 of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief and his hundred and twenty kinsmen;
6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:	6 of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief and his two hundred and twenty kinsmen;
7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:	7 of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief and his hundred and thirty kinsmen;
8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:	8 of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and his two hundred kinsmen;
9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:	9 of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief and eighty kinsmen;
10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.	10 of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief and his hundred and twelve kinsmen.
11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,	11 David then sent for the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah,Eliel and Amminadab.
12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.	12 To them he said, 'You are the heads of the levitical families. Sanctify yourselves, you and yourkinsmen, so that you can move the ark of Yahweh, God of Israel, to the place which I have prepared for it.
13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.	13 Because you were not there the first time, Yahweh our God broke out at us because we did nothandle it properly.'
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.	14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, to move the ark of Yahweh, God of Israel,
15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.	15 and the Levites carried the ark of God with the shafts on their shoulders, as Moses had ordered inaccordance with the word of Yahweh.
16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.	16 David also told the heads of the Levites to appoint their kinsmen as singers with the accompanimentof musical instruments, lyres, harps, and cymbals to play joyful y.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;	17 The Levites then appointed Heman son of Joel, Asaph son of Berechiah, one of his brothers, Ethanson of Kushaiah, one of their Merarite kinsmen;
18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.	18 and with them their kinsmen of the second rank: Zechariah, Uzziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab,Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jehiel the gatekeepers.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;	19 The singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, were to play the bronze cymbals.
20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;	20 Zechariah, Uzziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyre.
21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.	21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jehiel and Azaziah, giving the beat, were to play theharp.
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.	22 Chenaniah, the levitical director of transport was in charge of the transport, being skilful at it.
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.	23 Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.
24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.	24 The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer blew trumpetsbefore the ark of God, while Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also gatekeepers for the ark.
25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.	25 David, the elders of Israel and the commanders of the thousands accordingly went, amid greatrejoicing, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh up from Obed-Edom's house,
26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.	26 and since God was helping the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, theysacrificed seven bul s and seven rams.
27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.	27 David, al the Levites who carried the ark, the singers and Chenaniah, director of transport, worecloaks of fine linen. David also wore a linen ephod.
28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.	28 Thus, with war-cries and the sounding of the horn, the trumpets and the cymbals, and the music oflyres and harps, al Israel transported the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.	29 Now, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh entered the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul waswatching from the window and, when she saw King David dancing and playing, the sight of him filled her withcontempt.