1 Now it came about when the king lived in his palace and Adonai had granted him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 that the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, yet the ark of God remains within curtains.”
3 “Go, do all that is in your heart,” Nathan said to the king, “for Adonai is with you.”
4 But it came to pass the same night that the word of Adonai came to Nathan saying:
5 “Go, tell My servant David: Thus says Adonai: Are you to build Me a house for Me to dwell in?