1 Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
2 Then David said, "No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever."
3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place which he had prepared for it.
4 David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: