But that night the Lord spoke his word to Nathan,
The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to David, he said, “There were two men in a city. One was rich, but the other was poor.
Nathan said to the king, “Go and do what you really want to do, because the Lord is with you.”
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Will you build a house for me to live in?
‘Since the time I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel where a temple will be built for me. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
But that night God spoke his word to Nathan, saying,
Before the Lord God does anything, he tells his plans to his servants the prophets.
He said, “Listen to my words: When prophets are among you, I, the Lord, will show myself to them in visions; I will speak to them in dreams.
