After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent." That night the word of God came to Nathan, saying that David wouldn't build the temple, But his son. David says: "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? And as if this were not enough in your sight, O God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men, O LORD God. I would be pretty awed too. This guy was a shepherd, and yet God raised him up to be a king! He was one of the greatest men of all times!