The Lord’s Covenant with David

7 When the king had settled into his palace^(A) and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, ² the king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”^(B)

³ So Nathan told the king, “Go and do all that is on your heart, for the Lord is with you.”

The Lord’s Covenant with David

17 When David^(A) had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under tent curtains.”^(B)

² So Nathan told David, “Do all that is on your heart, for God is with you.”

⁷ “My son,” David said to Solomon, “It was in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,^(A)