1 David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched a tent for it.
2 Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the Lord has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”
3 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the Lord’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.
4 David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred and twenty;
6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred and twenty;
7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred and thirty;