1 Kings 3:2
Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of LORD until those days.
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Leviticus 17:5to the end that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them to LORD, to the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of p
Deuteronomy 12:2Ye shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree.
1 Kings 5:3Thou know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
1 Kings 15:14But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with LORD all his days.
1 Kings 22:44And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
1 Chronicles 17:4Go and tell David my servant, Thus says LORD, Thou shall not build for me a house to dwell in.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:2-5
Solomon Marries Pharaoh's Daughter. ( b. c. 1014.) 1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord , and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord , until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the Lord , walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and… Read the whole commentary →