1 Chronicles 17:1-4 ▼

1 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, |Look, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under curtains.|

2 Nathan said to David, |Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.|

3 It happened the 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 me a house to dwell in;