1. King David was now living in his palace. One day he sent for the prophet Nathan and said to him, “Here I am living in a house built of cedar, but the Lord's Covenant Box is kept in a tent!”
2. Nathan answered, “Do whatever you have in mind, because God is with you.”
3. But that night God said to Nathan,
4. “Go and tell my servant David that I say to him, ‘You are not the one to build a temple for me to live in.
5. From the time I rescued the people of Israel from Egypt until now, I have never lived in a temple; I have always lived in tents and moved from place to place.