1 Chronicles 15:12-16

12 He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

13 It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the LORD our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.”

14 So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

15 And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:12-16 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.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 19:14-15; S Exodus 29:1; Exodus 30:19-21,30; Exodus 40:31-32; S Leviticus 11:44; 2 Chronicles 35:6
• 2. 1 Kings 8:4
• 3. 2 Samuel 6:3; S 1 Chronicles 13:7-10
• 4. S Leviticus 5:10
• 5. S Exodus 25:14; Numbers 4:5,15
• 6. 2 Samuel 6:7
• 7. 1 Chronicles 6:31
• 8. 2 Chronicles 7:6
• 9. Ezra 2:41; Nehemiah 11:23; Psalms 68:25
• 10. S 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 23:5; 1 Chronicles 25:1; 2 Chronicles 29:26; Nehemiah 12:27,36; Job 21:12; Psalms 150:5; Amos 6:5