1. And as David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under tent curtains.”
2. And Nathan said to David, “Whatever is in your heart, do, for God is with you.”
3. And it happened that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4. “Go and say to David my servant, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “You are not to build a house for me to live in,