1 After he had built houses for himself in David’s City, David prepared a place for God’s chest and pitched a tent for it.
2 David said, "Only the Levites may carry God’s chest, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the Lord’s chest and to minister to him forever."
3 David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring the Lord’s chest to the place he had prepared for it.
4 David also gathered Aaron’s family and the Levites:
5 Uriel, the leader of Kohath’s family, and 120 of his relatives;
6 Asaiah, the leader of Merari’s family, and 220 of his relatives;