⁴ David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the Lord, to celebrate the Lord God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to Him.

³⁰ They are also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise in the evening.

²⁵ Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres^(A) according to the command of David,^(B) Gad the king’s seer,^(C) and Nathan the prophet.^(D) For the command was from the Lord through His prophets.