1 Chronicles 17:3-6

Easy-to-Read Version

³ But that night the word of God came to Nathan. ⁴ God said,

“Go and tell this to my servant David: The Lord says, ‘David, you are not the one to build a house for me to live in. ^5-6 Since the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until now, I have not lived in a house. I have moved around in a tent. I chose people to be special leaders for the Israelites. They were like shepherds for my people. While I was going around in Israel to different places, I never said to any of them: Why haven’t you built a house of cedar wood for me?’