1 Chronicles 17:4
“Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:”
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
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“But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.”
“Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?”
“Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.”
“Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.”
“And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God:”