1 Chronicles 15:2

“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.”

"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." - 1 Chronicles 15:2
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What does 1 Chronicles 15:2 mean?

The Bible verse 1 Chronicles 15:2 in the King James Version (KJV) reads: 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 forever. This verse comes from the Old Testament…

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1 Chronicles 15:2 - "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."
1 Chronicles 15:2 - "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."
1 Chronicles 2:15 - "Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:"
2 Chronicles 15:1 - "And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:"
"Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:" - 1 Chronicles 2:15
2 Chronicles 1:15 - "And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance."
1 Chronicles 1:15
1 Chronicles 1:15
1 Chronicles 1:15 - "And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,"
"And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:" - 2 Chronicles 15:1
2 Chronicles 4:15 - "One sea, and twelve oxen under it."
1 Chronicles 8:15 - "And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,"
1 Chronicles 24:15 - "The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,"
2 Kings 15:15 - "And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel."
1 Chronicles 15:4 - "And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:"
1 Chronicles 23:15 - "The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer."
1 Chronicles 15:23 - "And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark."
"And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite," - 1 Chronicles 1:15
2 Chronicles 15:19 - "And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa."
2 Chronicles 15:14 - "And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets."
1 Chronicles 15:15 - "And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 17:15 - "And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand."
1 Chronicles 15:9 - "Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:"
1 Chronicles 26:15 - "To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim."
2 Kings 15:11 - "And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel."
1 Chronicles 15:1 - "And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent."
1 Chronicles 15:8 - "Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:"
2 Chronicles 15:12 - "And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;"
1 Chronicles 15:10 - "Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve."