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their assistants: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Be
naiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers—
Obed-edom and Jeiel.
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were chosen to sound the
bronze cymbals. Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Ma
aseiah, and Benaiah were chosen to play the harps. Mattithiah, Eliphelehu,
Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were chosen to play the lyres.
Kenaniah, the head Levite, was chosen as the choir leader because of his
skill.
Berekiah and Elkanah were chosen to guard the Ark. Shebaniah, Josh
aphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—all of whom
were priests—were chosen to blow the trumpets as they marched in front
of the Ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were chosen to guard the Ark.
Then David and the elders of Israel and the generals of the army went to
the house of O
bed-edom to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant up to
Jerusalem with a great celebration. And because God was clearly helping
the Levites as they carried the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, they sacrificed
seven bulls and seven rams.
David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who
carried the Ark, and also the singers, and Kenaniah the choir leader. Da
vid was also wearing a priestly garment. So all Israel brought up the Ark of
the Lord’s Covenant with shouts of joy, the blowing of rams’ horns and
trumpets, the crashing of cymbals, and loud playing on harps and lyres.
But as the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant entered the City of David, Mi
chal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw
King David skipping about and laughing with joy, she was filled with contempt for him.
They brought the Ark of God and placed it inside the special tent David
had prepared for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings
to God. When he had finished his sacrifices, David blessed the people in
the name of the Lord. Then he gave to every man and woman in all Israel
a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins.
David appointed the following Levites to lead the people in worship
before the Ark of the Lord—to invoke his blessings, to give thanks, and
to praise the Lord, the God of Israel. Asaph, the leader of this group,
sounded the cymbals. Second to him was Zechariah, followed by Jeiel,
Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel.
They played the harps and lyres. The priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, played
the trumpets regularly before the Ark of God’s Covenant.
On that day David gave to Asaph and his fellow Levites this song of thanks
giving to the Lord:
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