1. Soon after David moved into his new palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look around! I live in a palace made of cedar, but the sacred chest is kept in a tent.”
2. Nathan replied, “The Lord is with you—do what you want.”
3. That night, the Lord told Nathan
4. to go to David and tell him:David, you are my servant, so listen carefully: you are not the one to build a temple for me.
5. I didn't live in a temple when I brought my people out of Egypt, and I don't live in one now. A tent has always been my home wherever I have gone with them.