1 Kings 3:2

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

For they also built themselves [idolatrous] high places, pillars, and Asherim [idolatrous symbols of the goddess Asherah] on every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Kings 15:14

But the high places were not removed. Yet Asa's heart was blameless with the Lord all his days.

1 Kings 22:43

He walked in all the ways or customs of Asa his father, never swerving from it, doing right in the sight of the Lord. However, the [idolatrous] high places were not taken away; for the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

1 Kings 22:44

And Jehoshaphat made peace with Israel's king.

1 Kings 5:3

You know how David my father could not build a house to the Name of the Lord his God because wars were about him on every side, until the Lord put his foes under his feet. [II Sam. 7:4ff.; I Chron. 22:8.]

2 Kings 12:4

And Joash said to the priests, All the current money brought into the house of the Lord to provide the dedicated things, also the money [which the priests by command have] assessed on all those bound by vows, also all the money that it comes into any man's heart voluntarily to bring into the house of the Lord,

2 Chronicles 15:17

But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was blameless all his days.

2 Chronicles 33:17

Yet the people still sacrificed in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

Psalm 78:58

For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [for idol worship] and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.

Leviticus 26:30

And I will destroy your high places [devoted to idolatrous worship], and cut down your sun-images, and throw your dead bodies upon the [wrecked] bodies of your idols, and My soul shall abhor you [with deep and unutterable loathing]. [II Kings 23:8, 20.]

Deuteronomy 12:13

Be watchful not to offer your burnt offerings in every place you see.

1 Samuel 9:12

They answered, He is; behold, he is just beyond you. Hurry, for he came today to the city because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place.