1. And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah [is] under curtains;'
2. and Nathan saith unto David, `All that [is] in thy heart do, for God [is] with thee.'
3. And it cometh to pass on that night that a word of God is unto Nathan, saying,
4. `Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:
5. for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,