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And Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you."
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But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan,
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"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: You shall not build me a house to dwell in.
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For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I led up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.
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In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"'
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.