12 and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites ; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives , that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:12

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:1-24

(Read 1 Chronicles 15:1-24)

Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others; but he owns himself guilty, with others, of not seeking God in due order