1 Chronicles 15:16–16:6

¹⁶And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, ^opsalteries and ^oharps and ^ocymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. ¹⁷So the Levites appointed ^pHeman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, ^qAsaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, ^rEthan the son of Kushaiah; ¹⁸and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, ^sBen, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. ¹⁹So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with ^tcymbals of brass; ²⁰and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with ^tpsalteries ^uon Alamoth; ²¹and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and ^sAzaziah, with ^tharps on the Sheminith ^xto excel. ²²And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. ²³And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. ²⁴And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow ^ywith the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

²⁵So ^zDavid, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. ²⁶And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered ^aseven bullocks and seven rams. ²⁷And David was clothed with a robe of ^bfine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. ²⁸Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the ^ccornet, and with ^dtrumpets, and with ^ecymbals, making a noise with ^epsalteries and ^eharps. ^29fAnd it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

XVI.So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. ²And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. ³And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. ⁴And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to ^arecord, and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel: ^5bAsaph the chief, and ^cnext to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with ^dpsalteries and with ^dharps; but Asaph made a sound with ^dcymbals; ⁶Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with ^etrumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.