2 Samuel 7:1-3

Common English Bible

God’s promise to David

7 When the king was settled in his palace,^[a] and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, ² the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Look! I’m living in a cedar palace, but God’s chest is housed in a tent!”^[b]

³ Nathan said to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you are thinking, because the Lord is with you.”