1 Chronicles 17:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ And the same night, the Word of God came to Nathan, saying,

⁴ “Go and tell David, My servant, ‘Thus says the LORD: “You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.

⁵ “For I have dwelt in no house since the day that I brought out the children of Israel until this day. But I have been from tent to tent, and from habitation to habitation.