Chronicles I 15:2

2 Then said David, It is not to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.

Chronicles I 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 ) .

Chronicles I 15:2 In-Context

1 And made for himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it.

2 Then said David, It is not to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.

3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place which he prepared for it.

4 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron the Levites.

5 Of the sons of Caath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty.