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Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under curtains.
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Then Nathan said to David, Do all that [is] in thy heart; for God [is] with thee.
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And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
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For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].