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,
5 Go and tell my slave David, Thus hath the Lord said, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?
6 For I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7 In all the places in which I have walked with all the sons of Israel did I speak a word in any of the tribes of Israel, unto whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why did ye not build me a house of cedar?