1 Chronicles 15:2-4

21st Century King James Version

² Then David said, “None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God and to minister unto Him for ever.”

³ And David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

⁴ And David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites: