4. But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan:
5. Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the Lord: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?
6. I have never dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up from Egypt to this day, but I have been going about in a tent or a tabernacle.
7. As long as I have wandered about among the Israelites, did I ever say a word to any of the judges whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
8. Now then, speak thus to my servant David, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to become ruler over my people Israel.
9. I was with you wherever you went, and I cut down all your enemies before you. And I will make your name like that of the greatest on earth.
10. I will assign a place for my people Israel and I will plant them in it to dwell there; they will never again be disturbed, nor shall the wicked ever again oppress them, as they did at the beginning,