¹And [David [beloved]] made him houses in the city of David [beloved] , and prepared a place for the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , and pitched for it a tent.

²Then David [beloved] said, None ought to carry the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] but the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] : for them has the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) chosen to carry the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , and to minister unto him forever.

³And David [beloved] gathered all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] together to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] , to bring up the ark of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

⁴And David [beloved] assembled the children of Aharon [Bright, Very High] , and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] :

⁵Of the sons of K’hat [assembly, congregation] ; Uri’el [God is my light] the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

⁶Of the sons of M’rari [Bitter] ; ‘Asayah [made by Yehovah] the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

⁷Of the sons of Gershom [Exiled One] ; Yo’el [Yehovah is God] the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

⁸Of the sons of Elitzafan [My God has Protected] ; Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

⁹Of the sons of Hevron [Seat of Association] ; Eli’el [my God is God] the chief, and his brethren eighty:

¹⁰Of the sons of Uzziel [My Strength is God] ; ‘Amminadav [family of the prince] the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.

¹¹And David [beloved] called for Tzadok [righteous] and Avyatar [my father is great] the priests, and for the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] , for Uri’el [God is my light] , ‘Asayah [made by Yehovah] , and Yo’el [Yehovah is God] , Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] , and Eli’el [my God is God] , and ‘Amminadav [family of the prince] ,

¹²And said unto them, You2f [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] : sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) yourselves, [both] you2f and your brethren, that you2f may bring up the ark of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] unto [the place that] I have prepared for it.

¹³For because you2f [did it] not at the first, the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] made a breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet) upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

¹⁴So the priests and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

¹⁵And the children of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] bore the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] upon their shoulders with the rods (clubs) thereon, as Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] commanded according to the word of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) .

¹⁶And David [beloved] spoke to the chief of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

¹⁷So the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] appointed Heiman [faithful] the son of Yo’el [Yehovah is God] ; and of his brethren, Asaf [gatherer] the son of Berekhyah [Yehovah blesses] ; and of the sons of M’rari [Bitter] their brethren, Eitan [enduring] the son of Kushayahu [bow of Yehovah] ;

¹⁸And with them their brethren of the second [degree] , Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] , Ben [son] , and Ya’azi’el [made bold by God] , and Sh’miramot [name of heights] , and Jehiel, and ‘Uni [afflicted] , ‘Eli’av [My Father is God] , and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] , and Ma’aseiyah [work of Yehovah] , and Mattityah [gift of Yehovah] , and Elif’lehu [my God sets him apart] , and Mikneyahu [possession of Yehovah] , and ‘Oved-Edom [servant of Edom] , and Ye’i’el [God sweeps away] , the porters.

¹⁹So the singers, Heiman [faithful] , Asaf [gatherer] , and Eitan [enduring] , [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;

²⁰And Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] , and ‘Azi’el [whom God comforts] , and Sh’miramot [name of heights] , and Jehiel, and ‘Uni [afflicted] , and ‘Eli’av [My Father is God] , and Ma’aseiyah [work of Yehovah] , and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] , with psalteries on Alamoth;

²¹And Mattityah [gift of Yehovah] , and Elif’lehu [my God sets him apart] , and Mikneyahu [possession of Yehovah] , and ‘Oved-Edom [servant of Edom] , and Ye’i’el [God sweeps away] , and ‘Azazyahu [Yehovah is mighty] , with harps on the Sh’minit [meaning disputed] to excel.

²²And K’nanyaho [Yehovah establishes] , chief of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] , [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.

²³And Berekhyah [Yehovah blesses] and Elkanah [God Has Taken Possession] [were] doorkeepers for the ark.

²⁴And Sh’vanyah [increased by Yehovah] , and Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] , and N’tan’el [God’s Gift] , and ‘Amasai [burdensome] , and Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] , and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] , and Eli’ezer [God is help] , the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] : and ‘Oved-Edom [servant of Edom] and Yechiyah [Yehovah lives] [were] doorkeepers for the ark.

²⁵So David [beloved] , and the elders of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) out of the house of ‘Oved-Edom [servant of Edom] with joy.

²⁶And it came to pass, when God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] helped the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

²⁷And David [beloved] [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] that bore the ark, and the singers, and K’nanyaho [Yehovah establishes] the master of the song with the singers: David [beloved] also [had] upon him an ephod (vest) of linen.

²⁸Thus all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) with shouting, and with sound of the cornet (a wind instrument; horn; trumpet) , and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

²⁹And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came to the city of David [beloved] , that Mikhal [who is like God?] the daughter of Sha’ul [desired] looking out at a window saw king David [beloved] dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.