“the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 7 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.