1. When David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of Yahweh’s covenant is in a tent.”
2. Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.”
3. That same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4. “Go and tell David my servant, ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;