1 Chronicles 17:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ “Go and tell David my servant: Thus says the Lord, ‘You are not to build a house in which I will live. ⁵ I have not dwelt in a house from the time that I brought Israel up from out of Egypt up to the present day. I have traveled around from one tent site to another. ⁶ In the whole time that I have traveled around with Israel, have I ever said to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, Why have you not built me a house made from cedar wood?’