To Nathan, David expressed his desire to build a temple for Jehovah to contain the ark of the covenant, which was then in Jerusalem “dwelling in the middle of tent cloths. ”
Jehovam patika Dāvida nodoms, tomēr ar Nātāna starpniecību viņš pavēstīja, ka templi uzbūvēs Dāvida dēls Salamans.