1 Chronicles 13:13-14

13:13 So David did not move the ark to the City of David; ¹  he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 13:14 The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months; the Lord blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.

1 Chronicles 17:4

17:4 “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: “You must not build me a house in which to live.

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¹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.