1. And David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he established a place for the ark of God. And he pitched a tent for it.
2. Then David ordered that none except the Levites should carry the ark of God, for Yahweh had chosen them to carry the ark of Yahweh and to serve him forever.
3. And David gathered all Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of Yahweh to its place that he had established for it.
4. And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites.
5. Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief and one hundred and twenty of his brothers.
6. Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief and two hundred and twenty of his brothers.
7. Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief and one hundred and thirty of his brothers.
8. Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and two hundred of his brothers.