1 David fez para si vários palácios em Jerusalém. Construiu também um novo tabernáculo para que nele estivesse a arca de Deus. Para tal deu as seguintes instruções: Ninguém mais, além dos levitas, poderá transportá-la; é a eles que compete esse serviço para sempre.
3 Então David convocou todo o povo de Israel para Jerusalém, a fim de celebrarem o transporte da arca para o novo tabernáculo. Foram estes os sacerdotes e os levitas que estiveram presente:do clã do Coate estiveram 120; Uriel era o seu chefe o clã de Merari, 220; Asaias era o chefe o clã de Gerson, 130; Joel era o chefe o sub-clã de Elizafá, 200; Semaías era o chefe o sub-clã de Hebrom, 80; Eliel era o chefe o sub-clã de Uziel, 112; Aminadabe era o chefe.
11 David mandou chamar Zadoque e Abiatar, os sumo sacerdotes, assim como os chefes dos levitas: Uriel, Asaías, Joel, Semaías, Eliel e Aminadabe.
12 Vocês são os chefes dos clãs dos levitas, disse-lhes. Portanto santifiquem-se, a si próprios e aos vossos irmãos, de forma que possam trazer a arca de Jeová, o Deus de Israel, ao lugar que lhe preparei. O Senhor destruiu-nos, da outra vez, porque não respeitámos os preceitos divinos: era a vocês que competia levarem a arca.
14 Então os sacerdotes e os levitas executaram as cerimónias rituais de santificação, como preparação para o transporte da arca de Jeová, o Deus de Israel. Os levitas, depois, carregaram-na eles próprios, aos ombros, sobre as varas apropriadas, tal como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.
16 David também tinha mandado aos levitas que organizassem os coros de cantores, e eles assim fizeram, acompanhando-se com a música forte e alegre dos instrumentos, tais como alaúdes, harpas e címbalos. Hemã (filho de Joel), Asafe (filho de Berequias) e Etã (filho de Cuasaías), do clã de Merari, eram os responsáveis pela parte musical.
18 Os seguintes homens foram escolhidos como seus assistentes: Zacarias, Aziel, Semiramote, Jeiel, Uni, Eliabe, Benaia, Maaséia, Matitias, Elifeleu, Micnéias, Obede-Edom e Jeiel; estes eram também porteiros.
19 Hemã, Asafe e Etã foram escolhidos para tocarem os címbalos de cobre; e Zacarias, Aziel, Semiramote, Jeiel, Uni, Eliabe, Maaséia e Benaia formavam um octeto acompanhado de harpas. Matitias, Elifeleu, Micnéias, Obede-Edom, Jeiel e Azarias eram harpistas. O chefe dos cantores era Quenanias, líder dos levitas, o qual foi seleccionado pelas suas qualidades. Berequias e Elcana eram guardas da arca. Sebanias, Josafate, Netanel, Amasai, Zacarias, Benaia e Eliezer - todos eles sacerdotes - formavam um conjunto de trombetas que ia à frente do cortejo. Obede Edom e Jeías guardavam a arca.
25 David mais os anciãos de Israel, acompanhados dos generais do exército, foram com grande alegria até à casa de Obede-Edom, para trazerem a arca para Jerusalém. E porque Deus não destruiu os levitas que transportavam a arca, sacrificaram sete novilhos e sete carneiros. David mais os levitas que transportavam a arca, os cantores e Quenanias, o chefe dos cantores, estavam vestidos de roupa de linho; David trazia também um éfode de linho.
28 Foi dessa maneira que os líderes de Israel transportaram a arca, com brados de alegria, som de buzinas e trombetas, mais os címbalos e o acompanhamento das harpas e alaúdes.
29 Quando a arca chegou a Jerusalém, Mical, a mulher de David, filha do rei Saul, sentiu desprezo por David, ao vê-lo, da janela onde se encontrava, a dançar e a tocar.
1 And [David] made 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, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for Yahweh has chosen 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 Yahweh to its place, which he had prepared for it.
4 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers a 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 a hundred and thirty;
8 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;
9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;
10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers a hundred and twelve.
11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 and said to them, You{+} are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you{+} and your{+} brothers, that you{+} may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [the place] that I have prepared for it.
13 For because you{+} did not [bear it] at the first, Yahweh our God made a breach on us, for we did not seek him according to the ordinance.
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
15 And the sons of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles on them, as Moses commanded according to the word of Yahweh.
16 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18 and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, son, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
20 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;
21 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24 And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.
27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] the singers: and David had on him an ephod of linen.
28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw King David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.