While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill—
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals.”
And the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” So he went before the king and bowed with his face to the ground.