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For his own use, David built houses in David's City. He also prepared a place for God's Covenant Box and put up a tent for it.
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Then he said, "Only Levites should carry the Covenant Box, because they are the ones the Lord chose to carry it and to serve him forever."
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So David summoned all the people of Israel to Jerusalem in order to bring the Covenant Box to the place he had prepared for it.
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Next he sent for the descendants of Aaron and for the Levites.
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From the Levite clan of Kohath came Uriel, in charge of 120 members of his clan;
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from the clan of Merari came Asaiah, in charge of 220;
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from the clan of Gershon, Joel, in charge of 130;
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from the clan of Elizaphan, Shemaiah, in charge of 200;
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from the clan of Hebron, Eliel, in charge of 80;
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and from the clan of Uzziel, Amminadab, in charge of 112.