1 Chronicles 17:1-5 ▼

1 And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, 'Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is under curtains;'

2 and Nathan saith unto David, 'All that is in thy heart do, for God is with thee.'

3 And it cometh to pass on that night that a word of God is unto Nathan, saying,

4 'Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:

5 for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,