1 Depois de Davi ter construído casas para si na cidade de Davi, ele preparou um lugar para a arca de Deus e armou uma tenda para ela.
2 Então Davi disse: "Somente os levitas poderão carregar a arca de Deus, pois o Senhor os escolheu para transportarem a arca do Senhor e para ficarem sempre ao seu serviço".
3 Davi reuniu todo o Israel em Jerusalém para levar a arca do Senhor para o lugar que ele lhe havia preparado.
4 Reuniu também os descendentes de Arão e os levitas:
5 Dos descendentes de Coate, Uriel, liderando outros 120;
6 dos descendentes de Merari, Asaías, liderando outros 220;
7 dos descendentes de Gérson, Joel, liderando outros 130;
8 dos descendentes de Elisafã, Semaías, liderando outros 200;
9 dos descendentes de Hebrom, Eliel, liderando outros 80;
10 dos descendentes de Uziel, Aminadabe, liderando outros 112.
11 Então Davi convocou os sacerdotes Zadoque e Abiatar, e os levitas Uriel, Asaías, Joel, Semaías, Eliel e Aminadabe, e
12 lhes disse: "Vocês são os chefes das famílias levitas; vocês e seus companheiros levitas deverão consagrar-se e levar a arca do Senhor, o Deus de Israel, para o local que preparei para ela.
13 Pelo fato de vocês não terem carregado a arca na primeira vez, a ira do Senhor nosso Deus causou destruição entre nós. Nós não o tínhamos consultado sobre como proceder".
14 Então os sacerdotes e os levitas se consagraram para transportar a arca do Senhor, o Deus de Israel.
15 E os levitas carregaram a arca de Deus apoiando as varas da arca sobre os ombros, conforme Moisés tinha ordenado, de acordo com a palavra do Senhor.
16 Davi também ordenou aos líderes dos levitas que encarregassem os músicos que havia entre eles de cantar músicas alegres, acompanhados por instrumentos musicais: liras, harpas e címbalos sonoros.
17 Assim, os levitas escolheram Hemã, filho de Joel, e Asafe, um parente dele; e dentre os meraritas, seus parentes, escolheram Etã, filho de Cuxaías;
18 e com eles seus parentes que estavam no segundo escalão: Zacarias, Jaaziel, Semiramote, Jeiel, Uni, Eliabe, Benaia, Maaséias, Matitias, Elifeleu, Micnéias, Obede-Edom e Jeiel, os porteiros.
19 Os músicos Hemã, Asafe e Etã deviam tocar os címbalos de bronze;
20 Zacarias, Aziel, Semiramote, Jeiel, Uni, Eliabe, Maaséias e Benaia deviam tocar as liras, acompanhando o soprano,
21 e Matitias, Elifeleu, Micnéias, Obede-Edom, Jeiel e Azazias deviam tocar as harpas em oitava, marcando o ritmo.
22 Quenanias, o chefe dos levitas, ficou encarregado dos cânticos; essa era sua responsabilidade, pois ele era capaz nisso.
23 Berequias e Elcana seriam porteiros. Eles deveriam proteger a arca.
24 Os sacerdotes Sebanias, Josafá, Natanael, Amasai, Zacarias, Benaia e Eliézer deviam tocar as cornetas diante da arca de Deus. Obede-Edom e Jeías também deviam ser porteiros, para vigiar a arca.
25 Assim, com grande festa, foram Davi, as autoridades de Israel e os líderes de batalhões de mil buscar a arca da aliança do Senhor na casa de Obede-Edom.
26 Como Deus havia poupado os levitas que carregavam a arca da aliança do Senhor, sete novilhos e sete carneiros foram sacrificados.
27 E Davi vestia um manto de linho fino, assim como também todos os levitas que carregavam a arca, os músicos e Quenanias, chefe dos músicos. E Davi vestia também o colete sacerdotal de linho.
28 E todo Israel acompanhou a arca da aliança do Senhor alegremente, ao som de trombetas, cornetas e címbalos, ao toque de liras e de harpas.
29 Aconteceu que, entrando a arca da aliança do Senhor na cidade de Davi, Mical, filha de Saul, observava de uma janela. E, ao ver o rei Davi dançando e comemorando, ela o desprezou em seu coração.
1 And David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto 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, and his brethren a hundred and twenty; 6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty; 7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty; 8 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred; 9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore; 10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. 11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it. 13 For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance. 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.
16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. 17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud; 20 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth; 21 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead. 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24 And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen. 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.