David prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. Then he said that the bringing of the ark to Jerusalem had to be done by the Levites as this was the will of God, and that the reason for the sad incident with Uzziah was because he wasn't a Levite. So David assembled all the people and summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests to bring the ark to Jerusalem, and he instructed all the Levites to consecrate themselves for this. Some of the Levites would also be musicians for the procession sounding bronze cymbals, lyres and harps. Doorkeepers were appointed for the ark and the priests were to blow trumpets. Then they sacrificed 7 bulls and 7 rams. David was dressed in fine linen as were the Levites and the musicians and the one in charge of the singing. So all Israel finally brought the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem with the sound of rams horns, trumpets, cymbals and music. But as the ark entered the city of David Michal, David's wife and daughter of Saul, despised David's dancing in her heart.
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