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.”
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.