Holy Scripture
2 Samuel 7:3
A church father on this verse
“The spirit of prophecy doth not always illuminate the minds of the prophets; because, as it is written of the Holy Ghost that he breatheth where he will, so we are also to know that he doth breathe likewise for what cause, and when he pleaseth. And hereof it cometh, that when king David demanded of Nathan whether he m…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3And Nathan said to the king, Go and do all that is in thy heart, for the Lord is with thee.
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In context
1And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him an inheritance on every side free from all his enemies round about him;
2that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent.
— 2 Samuel 7:3 —
4And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
5Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in.