1. DAVID MADE for himself houses in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
2. Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.
3. And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.
4. And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
5. Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with 120 kinsmen;
6. Of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 kinsmen;
7. Of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 kinsmen;