2 Samuel 7:2-5 ▼

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

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

4 Now it happened in the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,

5 “Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Are you the one who would build Me a house to inhabit?