1. And he built houses for himself in the City of Dawiḏ. And he prepared a place for the ark of Elohim, and pitched a tent for it.
2. Then Dawiḏ said, “No one is to lift the ark of Elohim but the Lĕwites, for יהוה has chosen them to lift the ark of Elohim and to serve Him forever.”
3. And Dawiḏ assembled all Yisra’ĕl at Yerushalayim, to bring up the ark of יהוה to its place, which he had prepared for it.
4. And Dawiḏ gathered the children of Aharon and the Lĕwites;
5. of the sons of Qehath: Uri’ĕl the chief, and one hundred and twenty of his brothers;
6. of the sons of Merari: Asayah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brothers;
7. of the sons of Gĕreshom: Yo’ĕl the chief, and one hundred and thirty of his brothers;