That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.(2 Samuel 7:2)

And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.(2 Samuel 7:3)

And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,(2 Samuel 7:4)

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.(2 Samuel 7:6)

In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?(2 Samuel 7:7)

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:(2 Samuel 7:8)

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2 Samuel 7:5 - Cross Reference

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. (1 Chronicles 23:3)

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. (1 Kings 8:16)

Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. (1 Kings 5:3)

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: (1 Chronicles 22:7)

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: (1 Chronicles 17:4)