1 Chronicles 17:1-4 ▼

1 And it came about, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under tent curtains.”

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

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

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