1 Chronicles 17:1-8 ▼

1 When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, |Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the LORD's covenant is under a tent.|

2 Nathan said to David, |You should do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you.|

3 That night God told Nathan the prophet,

4 Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: |You must not build me a house in which to live.

5 For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.

6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, 'Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?'|'

7 So now, say this to my servant David: 'This is what the LORD who commands armies says: |I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

8 I was with you wherever you went and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.