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After David had been living in his palace awhile, he said to Natan the prophet, "Here, I'm living in a cedar-wood palace; but the ark for the covenant of ADONAI is kept under a tent!"
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Natan said to David, "Go, do everything that is in your heart, for God is with you."
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But that same night the word of God came to Natan:
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"Go, and tell David my servant that this is what ADONAI says: 'You are not to build me a house to live in,
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because from the day I brought up Isra'el until today, I never lived in a house; rather, I've gone from tent to tent and from one tabernacle to another.