1 Chronicles 15:2

2 Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

1 Chronicles 15:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David said
Either within himself, or to his ministers and courtiers about him:

none ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites;
he saw his former mistake in employing those that were not Levites in bringing up the ark from Kirjathjearim, and bringing it in a cart, and not on the shoulders of the Levites, and so miscarried in his attempt, ( 2 Samuel 6:1 ) and, perhaps, had since more diligently consulted the law of God about this matter:

for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister
unto him for ever;
as long as the Levitical dispensation lasted, as appears from ( Numbers 1:50 ) ( 4:15 ) ( 7:9 ) .

1 Chronicles 15:2 In-Context

1 And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.

2 Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

3 And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it.

4 And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;

5 Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twenty;