1 Kings 3:2 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 3:2

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

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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.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Only the people sacrificed in high places,.... On the tops of their houses, on hills and mountains, and particularly at the high place in Gibeon, where the tabernacle was: because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord until those days; to which they were obliged to repair as afterwards, and there offer their sacrifices, as the Lord had commanded, Deu 12:5.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The people sacrificed in high places - Could there be any sin in this, or was it unlawful till after the temple was built? for prophets, judges, the kings which preceded Solomon, and Solomon himself, sacrificed on high places, such as Gibeon, Gilgal, Shiloh, Hebron, Kirjath-jearim, etc. But after the temple was erected, it was sinful to offer sacrifices in any other place; yet here it is introduced as being morally wrong, and it is introduced, 1Ki 3:3, as being an exceptionable trait in the character of Solomon.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רַ֣ק	rak	only	H7535 →
הָעָ֔ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
מְזַבְּחִ֖ים	me.za.be.Chim	[were] sacrificing	H2076 →
בַּבָּמ֑וֹת	ba.ba.Mot	at the high places	H1116 →
כִּ֠י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
נִבְנָ֥ה	niv.Nah	it had been built	H1129 →
בַ֙יִת֙	va.yit	a house	H1004 →
לְשֵׁ֣ם	le.Shem	for [the] name of	H8034 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עַ֖ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
הַיָּמִ֥ים	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →
הָהֵֽם׃ פ	ha.Hem	<the> those	H1992 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Kings 22:43
And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were…
leads to
- 1 Kings 15:14
  The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
- 2 Kings 12:3
  Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
Through
2 Chronicles 33:17
Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:12
  Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
- 1 Kings 22:43
  And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were…
Through
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
leads to
- 2 Kings 23:20
  On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 6:13
  Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy…
- Isaiah 27:9
  Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah…
- Ezekiel 6:3–6
  You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am…

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Where the connections lead

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