According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
      III. How little God affects external pomp and splendour in his service. His ark was content with a tabernacle (1 Chronicles 17:5; 1 Chronicles 17:5) and he never so much as mentioned the building of a house for it; no, not when he had fixed his people in great and goodly cities which they builded not, Deuteronomy 6:10. He commanded the judges to feed his people, but never bade them build him a house,1 Chronicles 17:6; 1 Chronicles 17:6. We may well be content awhile with mean accommodations; God's ark was so.