1. For his own use, David built houses in David's City. He also prepared a place for God's Covenant Box and put up a tent for it.
2. Then he said, “Only Levites should carry the Covenant Box, because they are the ones the Lord chose to carry it and to serve him for ever.”
3. So David summoned all the people of Israel to Jerusalem in order to bring the Covenant Box to the place he had prepared for it.
4. Next he sent for the descendants of Aaron and for the Levites.
5. From the Levite clan of Kohath came Uriel, in charge of 120 members of his clan;
6. from the clan of Merari came Asaiah, in charge of 220;
17-21. From the clans of singers they chose the following men to play the brass cymbals: Heman son of Joel, his relative Asaph son of Berechiah, and Ethan son of Kushaiah, of the clan of Merari. To assist them they chose the following Levites to play the high-pitched harps: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah.To play the low-pitched harps they chose the following Levites: Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Azaziah, and the temple guards, Obed Edom and Jeiel.
23-24. Berechiah and Elkanah, along with Obed Edom and Jehiah, were chosen as guards for the Covenant Box. The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer were chosen to blow trumpets in front of the Covenant Box.