2 Samuel 7:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ But that night the ·Lord spoke his word [^Lword of the Lord came] to Nathan, ⁵ “Go and tell my servant David, ‘·This is what the Lord says: ·Will you [Are you the one to] build a house for me to ·live [dwell] in? ⁶ From the time I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until ·now [^Lthis day] I have not ·lived [dwelt] in a house. I have been moving around all this time with a tent ·as my home [or and a tabernacle].