1 Chronicles 15:1-3

Christian Standard Bible

The Ark Comes to Jerusalem

15 David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.^{(A) 2} Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever.”^(B)

³ David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem^(C) to bring the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.^(D)