1 Chronicles 17:3-5

New American Standard Bible

³ But it happened that same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, ⁴ “Go and tell David My servant, ‘This is what the Lord says: “^(A)You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in; ⁵ for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, ^(B)but I have ^[a]gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another.