Part 20

13:014:009 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

13:014:010 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

13:014:011 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.

13:014:012 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

13:014:013 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

13:014:014 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

13:014:015 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

13:014:016 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

13:014:017 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

13:015:001 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

13:015:002 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

13:015:003 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

13:015:004 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

13:015:005 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

13:015:006 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

13:015:007 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

13:015:008 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

13:015:009 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

13:015:010 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.

13:015:011 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

13:015:012 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

13:015:013 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

13:015:014 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

13:015:015 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

13:015:016 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

13:015:017 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

13:015:018 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.

13:015:019 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;