1 Kings 3:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² However, the people were sacrificing on the high places,  because until that time a temple for the Lord’s name  had not been built.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² But the people sacrificed [to God] in the high places [as the heathen did to their idols], for there was no house yet built to the Name of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

Common English Bible

² Unfortunately, the people were sacrificing at the shrines because a temple hadn’t yet been built for the LORD’s name in those days.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² But still the people immolated in the high places. For no temple had been built to the name of the Lord, even to that day.

1 Kings 3:2 Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

They also built for themselves high places,  sacred pillars,  and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;

1 Kings 15:14

The high places were not taken away,  but Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his entire life.

1 Kings 22:43

He walked in all the ways of his father Asa;  he did not turn away from them but did what was right in the Lord’s sight. However, the high places were not taken away;  the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 22:44

Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.

1 Kings 5:3

‘You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of the Lord his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

2 Kings 12:4

Then  Joash said to the priests, ‘All the dedicated silver brought to the Lord’s temple,  census silver,  silver from vows,  and all silver voluntarily given  for the Lord’s temple #– #

2 Chronicles 15:17

The high places were not taken away from Israel; nevertheless, Asa was wholeheartedly devoted his entire life.

2 Chronicles 33:17

However, the people still sacrificed at the high places,  but only to the Lord their God.

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places, cut down your shrines,  and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols;  I will reject you.

Deuteronomy 12:13

Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see.

1 Samuel 9:12

The women answered, ‘Yes, he is ahead of you. Hurry, he only just entered the city, because there’s a sacrifice  for the people at the high place  today.