² that the king said to ^(A)Nathan the prophet, “See now, I live in ^(B)a house of cedar, but the ark of God ^(C)remains within the tent.” ³ Nathan said to the king, “^(D)Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”

God’s Covenant with David

17 ^(A)And it came about, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent curtains.”