1 Chronicles 17:1-8 ▼

1 When David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan, |I'm living in a house made of cedar, while the ark of the LORD's promise is inside a tent.|

2 Nathan told David, |Do everything you have in mind, because God is with you.|

3 But that same night God spoke his word to Nathan:

4 |Say to David, my servant, 'This is what the LORD says: You must not build this house for me to live in.

5 I haven't lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out [of Egypt] to this day, but I've gone from tent site to tent site, moving the tent [of meeting] from one location [to another].

6 In all the places I've moved with all Israel, did I ever ask any of the judges of Israel whom I ordered to be shepherds of my people why they didn't build me a house of cedar?'

7 |Now this is what you will say to my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of Armies says: I took you from the pasture where you followed sheep so that you could be the leader of my people Israel.

8 I was with you wherever you went, and I destroyed all your enemies in front of you. I will make your name like the names of the greatest people on earth.