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;
7. from the clan of Gershon, Joel, in charge of 130;
8. from the clan of Elizaphan, Shemaiah, in charge of 200;
9. from the clan of Hebron, Eliel, in charge of eighty;
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.
25. So King David, the leaders of Israel, and the military commanders went to the house of Obed Edom to fetch the Covenant Box, and they had a great celebration.
26. They sacrificed seven bulls and seven sheep, to make sure that God would help the Levites who were carrying the Covenant Box.
27. David was wearing a robe made of the finest linen, and so were the musicians, Chenaniah their leader, and the Levites who carried the Box. David also wore a linen ephod.
28. So all the Israelites accompanied the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy, the sound of trumpets, horns, and cymbals, and the music of harps.