Chronicles I 15:3

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

Chronicles I 15:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 15:3

And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem
The chief and heads of the people:

to bring up the ark of the Lord;
from the house of Obededom, where it had been three months, and for the sake of which his house was blessed, and which David heard of; and this encouraged him to take this step to fetch it from thence: unto his place, which he had prepared for it; ( 1 Chronicles 15:1 ) ( 2 Samuel 6:12 2 Samuel 6:17 ) .

Chronicles I 15:3 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.