1 Chronicles 15:12-14

International Children’s Bible

¹² David said to them, “You are the leaders of the families of Levi. You and the other Levites must give yourselves for service to the Lord. Then bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, the God of Israel. Bring it to the place I have made for it. ¹³ The last time we did not ask the Lord how to carry it. You Levites didn’t carry it. So the Lord our God punished us.”

¹⁴ Then the priests and Levites prepared themselves for service to the Lord. They did this so they could carry the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, the God of Israel.