2Sa 7:2-3, 1Ki 5:3, 8:17, 1Ch 17:1, 22:7, 28:2-4 | ESV | STEP | the king said to Nathan the prophet , See now , I dwell in a house of cedar , but the ark of God dwells in a tent .

2 Samuel 7:2-3

2 the king said to ^aNathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell ^bin a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells ^cin a tent.” 3 And Nathan said to the king, ^d“Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”

1 Kings 5:3

3 ^e“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God ^fbecause of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

1 Kings 8:17

17 ^gNow it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 17:1

The Lord’s Covenant with David

1 ^hNow when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”

1 Chronicles 22:7

7 David said to Solomon, “My son, ⁱI had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.

1 Chronicles 28:2-4

2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. ^jI had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the ^kfootstool of our God, and I made preparations for building. 3 But God said to me, ^l‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ 4 Yet the Lord God of Israel ^mchose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel ⁿforever. ^oFor he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s ^phouse, and among my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.