3. Next, David invited everyone to come to Jerusalem and watch the sacred chest being carried to the place he had set up for it.
4. He also sent for Aaron's descendants and for the Levites. The Levites who came were:
5. Uriel, the leader of the Kohath clan, and one hundred and twenty of his relatives;
6. Asaiah, the leader of the Merari clan, and two hundred and twenty of his relatives;
7. Joel, the leader of the Gershon clan, and one hundred and thirty of his relatives;
8. Shemaiah, the leader of the Elizaphan clan, and two hundred of his relatives;
9. Eliel, the leader of the Hebron clan, and eighty of his relatives; and
23-24. Four Levites were then appointed to guard the sacred chest. They were Berechiah, Elkanah, Obed-Edom, and Jehiah.Finally, David chose priests to walk in front of the sacred chest and blow trumpets. They were Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer.
25. David, the leaders of Israel, and the army commanders were very happy as they went to Obed-Edom's house to get the sacred chest.
26. God gave the Levites the strength they needed to carry the chest, and so they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
27. David, the Levites, Chenaniah the music director, and all the musicians were wearing linen robes, and David was also wearing a linen cloth.
28. While the sacred chest was being carried into Jerusalem, everyone was celebrating by shouting and playing music on horns, trumpets, cymbals, harps, and other stringed instruments.
29. Saul's daughter Michal looked out of her window and watched the chest being brought into David's City. But when she saw David jumping and dancing in honour of the Lord, she was disgusted.