2 Samuel 7:2-6
2 Samuel 7:2
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of God remains within the tent.”
2 Samuel 7:3
Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”
2 Samuel 7:4
But in the same night, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
2 Samuel 7:5
“Go and say to My servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Should you build Me a house for My dwelling?
2 Samuel 7:6
For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; rather, I have been moving about in a tent, that is, in a dwelling place.