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Chronicles I 17:3 In-Context
1 And it came to pass as David dwelt 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 the Lord under of skins.
2 And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God with thee.
3 And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, ,
4 Go and say to David my servant, Thus said the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in it.
5 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have been in a tabernacle and a tent,
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.