11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab, 12And David said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it. 13For, because you did it not at the first, the LORD our God broke forth upon us, because we did not seek after Him for the proper way”. 14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. 15And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders with its staves, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.

16And David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers, with instruments of music: psalteries, harps, and cymbals sounding, by lifting their voice with joy. 17So the Levites appointed Heman, the son of Joel, his brothers; Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan, the son of Kushaiah; 18And with them their brothers of the second degree: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemi-ramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of bronze; 20And Zechariah, Aziel, Shemi-ramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth (a high pitch); 21And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith (the eighth string, a low pitch) to lead, 22And Chenaniah, leader of the Levites, was in charge of singing; he instructed about singing, because he was skilled. 23Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24And Shebaniah, Jehoshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were also doorkeepers for the ark.

25So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom. 26And God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD to do it properly; they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore 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 cornet, trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. 29And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked out through a window, saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.