2 Samuel 7:6-8

Lexham English Bible

⁶ For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought up the Israelites^[a] from Egypt until this day; rather, I was going about in a tent and in a tabernacle. ⁷ In all of my going about among all the Israelites,^[b] did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, ‘Why did you not build me a cedar house?’”’ ⁸ So then, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “I took you from the pasture from following^[c] the sheep to be a leader over my people, over Israel,