8. Leading Elizaphan’s descendants was Shemaiah, who came with 200 of his relatives.
9. Leading Hebron’s descendants was Eliel, who came with 80 of his relatives.
10. Leading Uzziel’s descendants was Amminadab, who came with 112 of his relatives.
11. David called for the priests Zadok and Abiathar and for the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
12. He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your relatives must perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy. Then bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I prepared for it.
13. Because you weren’t there the first time, the Lord our God struck us. We hadn’t dedicated our lives to serving him in the way ⌊he⌋ designated.”
14. So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy in order to move the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
15. The Levites carried God’s ark on their shoulders. They used poles as Moses had commanded according to the Lord’s instructions.
16. David told the Levite leaders to appoint some of their relatives to serve as musicians. They were expected to play music on harps, lyres, and cymbals to produce joyful music for singing.
17. So the Levites appointed Heman, son of Joel, and from his relatives they appointed Asaph, Berechiah’s son. From their own relatives, Merari’s descendants, they appointed Ethan, son of Kushaiah.
18. In addition, they appointed their relatives from the second division: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah. Obed Edom and Jeiel were appointed gatekeepers.
19. The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were appointed to play bronze cymbals.
20. Zechariah, Jaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were appointed to play harps according to alamoth.
21. Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were appointed to play lyres and to conduct the sheminith.
22. Chenaniah, a Levite leader, instructed others how to sing prophetic songs because he was skilled at it.
23. Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.
24. The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer blew trumpets in front of God’s ark. Obed Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25. So David, the leaders of Israel, and the army’s commanders joyfully went to get the ark of the Lord’s promise from Obed Edom’s house.
26. Because God helped the Levites who carried the ark of the Lord’s promise, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.