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?
8 Now, therefore, so shalt thou say unto my slave David, Thus hath the Lord of the hosts said, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel;
9 and I have been with thee wherever thou didst walk and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.