151 Now David built houses for himself in the city of David ; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. 2 Then David said , " No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites ; for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever e ." 3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place which he had prepared for it. 4 David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites : 5 of the sons of Kohath , Uriel the chief , and 120 e of his relatives ; 6 of the sons of Merari , Asaiah the chief , and 220 e of his relatives ; 7 of the sons of Gershom , Joel the chief , and 130 e of his relatives ; 8 of the sons of Elizaphan , Shemaiah the chief , and 200 of his relatives ; 9 of the sons of Hebron , Eliel the chief , and 80 of his relatives ; 10 of the sons of Uzziel , Amminadab the chief , and 112 e e of his relatives . 11 Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests , and for the Levites , for Uriel , Asaiah , Joel , Shemaiah , Eliel and Amminadab , 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. 13 " Because you did not carry it at the first , the Lord our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:1-13
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