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.
13. Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.”
14. So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.
15. And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
16. David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.
17. So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;