1 Kings 3:2
Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.
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Leviticus 17:5To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings unto the LORD.
Deuteronomy 12:2Ye shall surely destroy all the places, wherein the nations that ye are to dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every leafy tree.
1 Kings 5:3(5-17) 'Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of my feet.
1 Kings 15:14But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole with the LORD all his days.
1 Kings 22:44(22-45) And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
1 Chronicles 17:4'Go and tell David My servant: Thus saith the LORD: Thou shalt not build 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 →