1. The king settled into his palace, for the Lord gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides.
2. The king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.”
3. Nathan replied to the king, “You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”
4. That night the Lord told Nathan,
5. “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?
6. I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent.