1. After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”
2. Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you.”
3. But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4. “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.