1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 15
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1 Chronicles 15 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And made him houses in the city of , and prepared a place for , and pitched for it a tent. Then said, None ought to carry but the : for them hath the LORD chosen to carry , and to minister unto him for ever. And gathered all together to , to bring up the of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. And assembled the children of , and the : Of the sons of ; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: Of the sons of ; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: Of the sons of ; the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty: Of the sons of ; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: Of the sons of ; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: Of the sons of ; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. And called for and the priests, and for the , for , Asaiah, and , Shemaiah, and , and , And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the : sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the of the LORD God of unto the place that I have prepared for it. For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. So the priests and the sanctified themselves to bring up the of the LORD God of . And the children of the bare upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as commanded according to of the LORD. And spake to the chief of the to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. So the appointed the son of ; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of ; and of the sons of their brethren, Ethan the son of ; And with them their brethren of the second degree, , Ben, and , and , and , and , Eliab, and , and , and , and , and , and -, and , the porters. So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and , were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; And , and , and , and , and , and , and , and , with psalteries ; And , and , and , and -, and , and , with harps the to excel. And , chief of the , was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. And and were doorkeepers for the . And , and , and , and , and , and , and , the priests, did blow with before : and - and were doorkeepers for the . So , and the elders of , and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the of the LORD out of the house of - with joy. And it came to pass, when God helped the that bare the of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. And was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the that bare the , and the singers, and the master of the song with the singers: also had upon him an of linen. Thus all brought up the of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. And it came to pass, as the of the LORD came to the city of , that the daughter of looking out at a window saw king dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.