² the king said to the prophet Nathan,^(A) ‘Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.’^(B)

³ So Nathan told the king, ‘Go and do all that is on your mind, for the Lord is with you.’

The Lord’s Covenant with David

17 When David^(A) had settled into his palace, he said to the prophet Nathan, ‘Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under tent curtains.’^(B)

² So Nathan told David, ‘Do all that is on your mind, for God is with you.’

² Then King David rose to his feet and said, ‘Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant^(A) and as a footstool^(B) for our God. I had made preparations to build,