1. Now when David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan: "Behold, I live in a house of cedar. But the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent skins."
2. And Nathan said to David: "Do all that is in your heart. For God is with you."
3. And yet, that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4. "Go, and speak to my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build a house for me as a dwelling place.