1. David built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.
2. Then David said, “No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever.”
3. And David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.