2 Samuel 7

 After David was overwhelmed with joy with the Ark of the Covenant coming to the city of David that - 

 "...it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,

5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle."  (2 Samuel 7:4–6)

A House of the Lord or temple has always been of place of sacred covenants and ordinances.