1 Chronicles 17:1-4 ▼

1 As David sat in his house (palace), he said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a house of cedars, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under tent curtains.”

2 Then Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

3 But it came about that same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

4 “Go and tell David My servant, ‘Thus says the LORD, “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;