A Refusal and a Promise

And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,  Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? . . . .  When thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.  And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,  Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith...