11Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent. ”
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1 Chronicles 17:1 In-Context
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Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent. ”
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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: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.
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For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.