2 Then Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
3 But that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4 “Go and tell David My servant, thus says Adonai, ‘You are not to build Me a house in which to dwell.
5 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel out to this day. I have gone from tent to tent, and from one dwelling to another.
6 Wherever I went throughout all Israel, did I ever speak a word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, “Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?”’
7 “So now, say this to My servant David, ‘Thus says Adonai Tzva’ot, I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep, to be prince over My people Israel.
8 I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make your name like the names of the great ones that are in the earth.