1 Chronicles 15:1-9

Plans to Move the Ark to Jerusalem

1 Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and ¹pitched a tent for it.

2 Then David said, "²No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever *."

3 And ³David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD ⁴to its place which he had prepared for it.

4 David gathered together the sons of Aaron and ⁵the Levites:

5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and 120 * of his relatives;

6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 * of his relatives;

7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and 130 * of his relatives;

8 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and 200 of his relatives;

9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and 80 of his relatives;

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1 Chronicles 15:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 15

David, having prepared a place for the ark of God, gathered the Israelites, Levites, and priests, to assist in the bringing of it up thereunto, 1Ch 15:1,13 and which was done in a very honourable and joyful manner, 1Ch 15:24-28, though David, for his behaviour, was despised by Michal his wife in her heart, 1Ch 15:29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. 1 Chronicles 15:3; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 1 Chronicles 17:1-5
2. Numbers 4:15; Deuteronomy 10:8
3. 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 13:5
4. Exodus 40:20; 2 Samuel 6:12, 17; 1 Chronicles 15:1, 12
5. 1 Chronicles 6:16-30; 1 Chronicles 12:26

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "brothers;" i.e. fellow tribesmen, and so throughout the ch