2 Samuel 7:1-7 ▼

1 Now it came about when the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”

3 Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you.”

4 But in the same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

5 “Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in?

6 “For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle.

7 “Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’|’