The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. He died right there before God.

regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar for burnt sacrifice, morning and evening, according to what is prescribed in the law of the Lord which he charged Israel to observe.

From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king’s supervision.

From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.

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

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

Shebuel son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the supervisor of the storehouses.

David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding settlements, and in the pasturelands of Sharon to their very borders.

These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, after the ark was placed there.

Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph, son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).

They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.

Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.

Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of baking the bread for offerings.

Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath.

The battle was thick around Saul; the archers spotted him and wounded him.

When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.

So David became famous in all the lands; the Lord caused all the nations to fear him.