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498 First Book of Paralipomenon

from them, and come upon them over against 11 And David called Sadoc, and Abiathar the
the pear trees. priests, and the Levites, Uriel, Asaia, Joel, Se-
15 And when thou shalt hear the sound of meia, Eliel, and Aminadab:
one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt 12 And he said to them: You that are the
thou go out to battle. For God is gone out before heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with
thee to strike the army of the Philistines. your brethren, and bring the ark of the Lord the
16 And David did as God had commanded God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for
him, and defeated the army of the Philistines, it:
slaying them from Gabaon to Gazera. 13 Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because
17 And the name of David became famous in you were not present, the same should now also
all countries, and the Lord made all nations fear come to pass, by our doing some thing against
aim. the law.
14 So the priests and the Levites were sanc-
tified, to carry the ark of the Lord the God of
Chapter 15 Israel.
15 And the sons of Levi took the ark of God as
He made also houses for himself in the city of Moses had commanded, according to the word of
David: and built a place for the ark of God, and the Lord, upon their shoulders, with the staves.
pitched a tabernacle for it. 16 And David spoke to the chiefs of the
2 Then David said: No one ought to carry the Levites, to appoint some of their brethren to
be singers with musical instruments, to wit, on
ark of God, but the Levites, whom the Lord hath
chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, that the joy-
ful noise might resound on high.
for ever.
17 And they appointed Levites, Hemam the
3 And he gathered all Israel together into
son of Joel, and of his brethren Asaph the son
Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought
of Barachias: and of the sons of Merari, their
into its place, which he had prepared for it.
brethren: Ethan the son of Casaia.
4 And the sons of Aaron also, and the Levites.
18 And with them their brethren: in the sec-
5 Of the children of Caath, Uriel was the chief,
ond rank, Zacharias, and Ben, and Jaziel, and
and his brethren a hundred and twenty.
Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and Ani, and Eliab,
6 Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief, and
and Banaias, and Maasias, and Mathathias, and
his brethren two hundred and twenty.
Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Je-
7 Of the sons of Gersom, Joel the chief, and hiel, the porters.
his brethren a hundred and thirty. 19 Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and
8 Of the sons of Elisaphan, Semeias the chief: Ethan, sounded with cymbals of brass.
and his brethren two hundred. 20 And Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semi-
9 Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief: and ramoth, and Jehiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and
his brethren eighty. Maasias, and Banaias, sung mysteries upon
10 Of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab the chief: psalteries.
and his brethren a hundred and twelve. 21 And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Mace-