Verse 2
1 Chronicles 15:2
King James Version
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Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God (Elohim) but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God (Elohim), and to minister unto him for ever.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָ֚ז אָמַ֣ר דָּוִ֔יד לֹ֤א לָ/שֵׂאת֙ אֶת אֲר֣וֹן הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֖י אִם הַ/לְוִיִּ֑ם כִּי בָ֣/ם בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לָ/שֵׂ֞את אֶת אֲר֧וֹן יְהוָ֛ה וּֽ/לְ/שָׁרְת֖/וֹ עַד עוֹלָֽם
English Translation
Then David said, "I will not carry the ark of God except by the Levites, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to it forever."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 15 Context
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And
David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God (Elohim), an...
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Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God (Elohim) but the Levites: for them hath the LORD...
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And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place,...
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And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
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Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
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Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
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Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
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Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
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Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
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Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
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And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joe...
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And said unto them, Ye
are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves,
both ye and...
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For because ye
did it not at the first, the LORD our God (Elohim) made a breach upon us, for that we...
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God (Elohim) of...
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And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God (Elohim) upon their shoulders with the staves th...
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And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren
to be the singers with instrum...
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So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and...
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And with them their brethren of the second
degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and...
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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan,
were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
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And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaia...
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And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on th...
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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites,
was for song: he instructed about the song, because he
was skil...
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And Berechiah and Elkanah
were doorkeepers for the ark.
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And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer,...
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So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the...
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And it came to pass, when God (Elohim) helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the L...
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And David
was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the sing...
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Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the...
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And it came to pass,
as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal t...
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