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1 Chronicles 15 Summary
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem with Celebration
David prepares a place in Jerusalem and a tent for the ark, and commands that only Levites may carry it, for the Lord chose them to bear the ark and minister to him forever. David gathers Israel to bring the ark to Jerusalem, and assembles the Levitical chiefs and priests, instructing them to sanctify themselves. The Levites bear the ark on their shoulders with staves as Moses commanded, while appointed singers—Heman, Asaph, and Ethan—make music with instruments. David dances joyfully before the ark in a linen ephod as all Israel brings it up with shouts and music, though Michal despises him for his display.
Key themes
Key verses
1 Chronicles 15:2
“Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.”
1 Chronicles 15:14-15
“So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.”
1 Chronicles 15:25
“So David, 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.”
1 Chronicles 15:28-29
“Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.”
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