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1 Now it happened that, when the king had settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, 2 he said to the prophet Nathan, “Do you not see that I live in a house of cedar, and that the ark of God has been placed in the midst of tent skins?” 3 And Nathan said to the king: “Go, do all that is in your heart. For the Lord is with you.” 4 But it happened in that night, behold, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying: 5 “Go, and say to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place? 6 For I have not lived in a house from the day that I led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt, even to this day. Instead, I have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent. 7 And in all the places that I have crossed through, with all the sons of Israel, did I ever speak a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I instructed to pasture my people Israel, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’ 2 Samuel 7:1-7, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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