1 And [David [beloved]] made him houses in the city of David [beloved], and prepared a place for the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and pitched for it a tent.

2 Then David [beloved] said, None ought to carry the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] but the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to]: for them has the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) chosen to carry the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and to minister unto him forever.

3 And David [beloved] gathered all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] together to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], to bring up the ark of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

4 And David [beloved] assembled the children of Aharon [Bright, Very High], and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to]:

5 Of the sons of K’hat [assembly, congregation]; Uri’el [God is my light] the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

6 Of the sons of M’rari [Bitter]; ‘Asayah [made by Yehovah] the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

7 Of the sons of Gershom [Exiled One]; Yo’el [Yehovah is God] the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

8 Of the sons of Elitzafan [My God has Protected]; Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

9 Of the sons of Hevron [Seat of Association]; Eli’el [my God is God] the chief, and his brethren eighty:

10 Of the sons of Uzziel [My Strength is God]; ‘Amminadav [family of the prince] the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.

11 And David [beloved] called for Tzadok [righteous] and Avyatar [my father is great] the priests, and for the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], for Uri’el [God is my light], ‘Asayah [made by Yehovah], and Yo’el [Yehovah is God], Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears], and Eli’el [my God is God], and ‘Amminadav [family of the prince],

12 And said unto them, You2f [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to]: sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) yourselves, [both] you2f and your brethren, that you2f may bring up the ark of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] unto [the place that] I have prepared for it.

13 For because you2f [did it] not at the first, the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] made a breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet) upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

14 So the priests and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

15 And the children of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] bore the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] upon their shoulders with the rods (clubs) thereon, as Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] commanded according to the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

16 And David [beloved] spoke to the chief of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

17 So the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] appointed Heiman [faithful] the son of Yo’el [Yehovah is God]; and of his brethren, Asaf [gatherer] the son of Berekhyah [Yehovah blesses]; and of the sons of M’rari [Bitter] their brethren, Eitan [enduring] the son of Kushayahu [bow of Yehovah];

18 And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers], Ben [son], and Ya’azi’el [made bold by God], and Sh’miramot [name of heights], and Jehiel, and ‘Uni [afflicted], ‘Eli’av [My Father is God], and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built], and Ma’aseiyah [work of Yehovah], and Mattityah [gift of Yehovah], and Elif’lehu [my God sets him apart], and Mikneyahu [possession of Yehovah], and ‘Oved-Edom [servant of Edom], and Ye’i’el [God sweeps away], the porters.

19 So the singers, Heiman [faithful], Asaf [gatherer], and Eitan [enduring], [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;

20 And Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers], and ‘Azi’el [whom God comforts], and Sh’miramot [name of heights], and Jehiel, and ‘Uni [afflicted], and ‘Eli’av [My Father is God], and Ma’aseiyah [work of Yehovah], and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built], with psalteries on Alamoth;

21 And Mattityah [gift of Yehovah], and Elif’lehu [my God sets him apart], and Mikneyahu [possession of Yehovah], and ‘Oved-Edom [servant of Edom], and Ye’i’el [God sweeps away], and ‘Azazyahu [Yehovah is mighty], with harps on the Sh’minit [meaning disputed] to excel.

22 And K’nanyaho [Yehovah establishes], chief of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.

23 And Berekhyah [Yehovah blesses] and Elkanah [God Has Taken Possession] [were] doorkeepers for the ark.

24 And Sh’vanyah [increased by Yehovah], and Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged], and N’tan’el [God’s Gift], and ‘Amasai [burdensome], and Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers], and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built], and Eli’ezer [God is help], the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]: and ‘Oved-Edom [servant of Edom] and Yechiyah [Yehovah lives] [were] doorkeepers for the ark.

25 So David [beloved], and the elders of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) out of the house of ‘Oved-Edom [servant of Edom] with joy.

26 And it came to pass, when God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] helped the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

27 And David [beloved] [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] that bore the ark, and the singers, and K’nanyaho [Yehovah establishes] the master of the song with the singers: David [beloved] also [had] upon him an ephod (vest) of linen.

28 Thus all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) with shouting, and with sound of the cornet (a wind instrument; horn; trumpet), and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

29 And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came to the city of David [beloved], that Mikhal [who is like God?] the daughter of Sha’ul [desired] looking out at a window saw king David [beloved] dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.