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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.
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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."
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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.
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Then David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:
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of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and one hundred and twenty of his brethren;
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of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brethren;
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of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and one hundred and thirty of his brethren;
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of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his brethren;