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.
Context
This verse from 1 Kings Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. Solomon makes a marriage alliance with Pharaoh and marries his daughter; at Gibeon, God appears in a dream and offers Solomon anything. Solomon asks for a discerning heart to govern God's people and to distinguish right from wrong; God is …
Other Translations
Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.
Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there hath not been built a house for the name of Jehovah till those days.
But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.
Cross References
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the …
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of …
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of …
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high …
But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name …
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God …
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which …
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I …
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man …