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It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains.
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It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains.
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Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.
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It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell David my servant, Thus says Yahweh, You shall not build me a house to dwell in:
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for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tent [to another].