1 Chronicles 17:2 CPDV

¹  Now when David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan: 'Behold, I live in a house of cedar. But the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent skins.'

²  And Nathan said to David: 'Do all that is in your heart. For God is with you.'

³  And yet, that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:

⁴  'Go, and speak to my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build a house for me as a dwelling place.