1. Now it came to pass, as Dovid sat in his bais, that Dovid said to Natan HaNavi, Hinei, I dwell in a bais ha'arazim (a palace of cedars) but the Aron Brit Hashem [dwelleth] under tent curtains.
2. Then Natan said to Dovid, Do all that is in thine levav; for HaElohim is with thee.
3. And it came to pass the same lailah, that the Devar Elohim came to Natan, saying,