1 After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.” 1
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After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
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And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
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But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
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For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.