Holy Scripture
2 Samuel 7:5
A church father on this verse
“That Christ should be the house and temple of God, and that the old temple should cease, and the new one should begin. In the second book of Kings [Samuel]: "And the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, 'Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the Lord, You shall not build me a house to dwell in; but it shall be,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in.
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3And Nathan said to the king, Go and do all that is in thy heart, for the Lord is with thee.
4And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
— 2 Samuel 7:5 —
6For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt to this day, but I have been walking in a lodge and in a tent,
7wheresoever I went with all Israel. Have I ever spoken to any of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to tend my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?