1 Chronicles 17:1-15 When David was settled in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, Behold I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is beneath curtains of skin.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ When David was settled in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, Behold I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is beneath curtains of skin. ² Thereupon Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in thy heart; for God is with thee. ³ But that very night there came to Nathan a word of the Lord, ⁴ Go, and say to David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in. ⁵ Because I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought up Israel even to this day, but have been in a tent and under a curtain ⁶ in all the places, through which passed among Israel, did I ever speak to any tribe of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, and say, Why have you not built for me a house of cedar? ⁷ But now, Thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the fold; from following the flocks, to be ruler over my people Israel, ⁸ and have been with thee wherever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thy enemies from before thee, and made thee a name like the name of the great men on the earth; ⁹ and I will fix a place for my people Israel, and plant them, and they shall dwell by themselves and no more be in trouble, nor shall a son of iniquity any more humble them as at the first, ¹⁰ even from the time I appointed judges over my people Israel. I have indeed subdued all thy enemies, and I will increase thee and the Lord will build thee a house. ¹¹ And when thy days are fulfilled and thou shalt go to rest with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee who shall proceed from thy loins, and I will prepare his kingdom. ¹² He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. ¹³ I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son; and I will not withdraw my mercy from him as I withdrew it from them who were before him; ¹⁴ but will confirm him in my house and in his kingdom, and his throne shall be established forever. ¹⁵ According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.