But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,
“For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there. But I chose David to be over my people Israel.’
And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.