9. From the sons of Hebron: Eliel was the leader, and his brothers were eighty.
10. From the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab was the leader, and his brothers were one hundred twelve.
11. And David summoned the priests, Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
12. And he said to them: "You who are the leaders of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brothers, and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place that has been prepared for it.
13. Otherwise, as it was before, when the Lord struck us because you were not present, so also it might be now, if we do what is illicit."
14. Therefore, the priests and the Levites were sanctified, so that they might carry the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
15. And the sons of Levi took the ark of God, just as Moses had instructed, in accord with the word of the Lord, upon their shoulders by the bars.
16. And David spoke to the leaders of the Levites, so that they might appoint, from their brothers, singers with musical instruments, specifically, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, so that a joyful noise might resound on high.
17. And they appointed from the Levites: Heman, the son of Joel; and from his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and truly, from their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kushaiah.
18. And with them were their brothers in the second rank: Zechariah, and Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jahiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, who were gatekeepers.
19. Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were sounding out with cymbals of brass.