But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan:
and the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that you have in mind; for the Lord is with you.”
Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in?
‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of 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.’
But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
And he said, “Hear my words: When there are prophets among you, I the Lord make myself known to them in visions; I speak to them in dreams.