1 Chronicles 13:6

13:6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who sits enthroned between the cherubim – the ark that is called by his name. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

1 Chronicles 15:24

15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians ²  of the ark.

1 Chronicles 16:37

David Appoints Worship Leaders

16:37 David ³  left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements, ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “the ark of God the Lord who sits [between] the cherubim which is called [by his] name.”

² tn Heb “gatekeepers.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”