Nathan told David all these words and everything he had seen.
Your royal house will remain in my presence forever. Your throne will be established forever.’ ”
King David went into the tent and sat in front of the Lord. “Who am I, Almighty Lord,” he asked, “and why is my house so important that you have brought me this far?
So the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Look, I’m living in a house made of cedar, while the ark of God remains in the tent.”
I didn’t avoid telling you anything that would help you, and I didn’t avoid teaching you publicly and from house to house.
I didn’t avoid telling you the whole plan of God.
I passed on to you the most important points of doctrine that I had received: Christ died to take away our sins as the Scriptures predicted.