1. After David had moved into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in this nice palace made of cedar, but the Box of the Lord’S Agreement sits in a tent.”
2. Nathan answered David, “You may do what you want to do. God is with you.”
3. But that night the word of God came to Nathan.
4. God said, “Go and tell this to my servant David: The Lord says, ‘David, you are not the one to build a house for me to live in.