O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and worshiped instead the gods of the native peoples whom God had destroyed before them.

That night God told Nathan the prophet,

God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

David was afraid of God that day and said, “How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?”

The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary.

Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses in God’s temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items.

and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.

The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary.

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens.

He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name!

Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.”

So David again asked God what he should do. This time God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees.

They brought the ark of God and put it in the middle of the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub the leader in God’s temple;

All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O Lord, became their God.

The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.

the sixth Ammiel, the seventh Issachar, and the eighth Peullethai. (Indeed, God blessed Obed-Edom.)