1 Kings 3:2 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 3:2

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.

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ASV

Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

WEB

The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.

YLT

Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there hath not been built a house for the name of Jehovah till those days.

DBT

Only, the people sacrificed on the high places; for there was no house built to the name of Jehovah, until those days.

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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1 Kings 22:43
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
2 Chronicles 33:17
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only.
Deuteronomy 12:2–5
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
1 Samuel 9:12
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

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High places - Which were groves, or other convenient places upon hills, in which the patriarchs used to offer up their sacrifices to God; and from them this custom was derived both to the Gentiles and the Jews: and in them the Gentiles sacrificed to idols, the Hebrew to the true God.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

It was so by divine institution; from it the high places separated; yet while they worshipped God only, and in other things according to the rule, he graciously overlooked their weakness, and accepted their services; and it is owned that Solomon loved the Lord, though he burnt incense in the high places, and let not men be more severe than God is.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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