The Lord’s Covenant with David

7 When the king had settled into his palace^(A) and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, ² the king said to the prophet Nathan,^(B) ‘Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.’^(C)

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.’

⁷ ‘My son,’ David said to Solomon, ‘It was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God,^(A)