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?