1 Chronicles 17:1-9

11And it came about, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains.” 2Then Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

3It came about the same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4“Go and tell David My servant, ‘Thus says the Lord, “2You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in; 5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, 3but I have 4gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another. 6In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word 5with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?’”’ 7Now, therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel. 8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. 9I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and not be moved again; and the 6wicked will not waste them anymore as formerly,