2 He said, “Only Levites will be allowed to carry the chest, because the Lord has chosen them to do that work and to serve him for ever.”
3 Next, David invited everyone to come to Jerusalem and watch the sacred chest being carried to the place he had set up for it.
4 He also sent for Aaron's descendants and for the Levites. The Levites who came were:
5 Uriel, the leader of the Kohath clan, and one hundred and twenty of his relatives;
6 Asaiah, the leader of the Merari clan, and two hundred and twenty of his relatives;
7 Joel, the leader of the Gershon clan, and one hundred and thirty of his relatives;
8 Shemaiah, the leader of the Elizaphan clan, and two hundred of his relatives;