Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Chronicles 15:1-2

"And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever." — 1 Chronicles 15:1-2 (ASV)

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. 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.

It should not be carried upon a new cart, dragged by unwilling oxen, but it should be borne upon the cheerful shoulders of the God-appointed bearers, the Levites.