2. Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord 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 of his brothers;
6. of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 of his brothers;
7. of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 of his brothers;
8. of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with 200 of his brothers;
9. of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with 80 of his brothers;
10. of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with 112 of his brothers.
11. Then David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,
12. and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.