13. The first time we tried to bring the chest to Jerusalem, we didn't ask the Lord what he wanted us to do. He was angry with us, because you Levites weren't there to carry the chest.”
14. The priests and the Levites made themselves clean. They were now ready to carry the sacred chest
15. on poles that rested on their shoulders, just as the Lord had told Moses to do.
16. David then told the leaders to choose some Levites to sing and play music on small harps, other stringed instruments, and cymbals.