1 Chronicles 17:5 DBY

³  And it came to pass that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying,

⁴  Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;

⁵  for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].

⁶  In all my going about with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?

⁷  And now, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I took thee from the pasture-grounds, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel;