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.