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.
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