2 Samuel 7:8

⁸“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.a

2 Samuel 7 records the hinge moment in the Davidic covenant. King David, settled in his palace, proposes building a house for the Lord. The prophet Nathan initially approves, but God redirects the plan entirely: David will not build God a house; rather, God will build David a house