1. And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2. that the king said unto Nathan, the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
3. And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart, for the Lord is with thee.
4. And it came to pass that night that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,