Initially attempting to move the Ark with his troupes, King David is quickly stopped when the cart on which the Ark had been placed falters and one of his men is killed (2 Samuel 6:3-4; 1 Chronicles 13:7) (2 Samuel 6:6-7; 1 Chronicles 13:9-10). Fearing more deaths, he has the Ark quickly moved to house of a nearby Levite named Obed-Edom where it remains for another three months. Rethinking his actions, David eventually makes a second attempt to relocate the Ark, only this time on the shoulders of the Levites as Moses had ordered according to the word of YAHVEH (Numbers 7:9, 2 Samuel 6:12-15; 1 Chronicles 15:1-15). Calling the priests together with other leaders of the Levites, David not only instructs them to ritually prepare themselves to move the Ark as prescribed by Moses, but goes on to direct them to assemble a ceremonial marching band to accompany the Ark from Gath to Jerusalem. Right out of the blue we have a fully functional musical marching ensemble from the Levite community complete with singers, musicians, instruments and music ready to play. From this fact alone, we must conclude that the Levites had a sophisticated musical system in place at this time. A musical system, as we shall see, as advanced as our present musical system. It was a system from which David would use as a platform for his unique way of worshiping God through not only his words, but also his music.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:49:57 +0000
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