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23 Berekiah and Elkanah were chosen to guard[a] the Ark. 24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—all of whom were priests—were chosen to blow the trumpets as they marched in front of the Ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were chosen to guard the Ark.

Moving the Ark to Jerusalem

25 Then David and the elders of Israel and the generals of the army[b] went to the house of Obed-edom to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant up to Jerusalem with a great celebration.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:23 Hebrew chosen as gatekeepers for; also in 15:24.
  2. 15:25 Hebrew the commanders of thousands.

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