2 Samuel 7:3 CPDV

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?