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.

Only the people {H5971} sacrificed {H2076} in high places {H1116}, because there was no house {H1004} built {H1129} unto the name {H8034} of the LORD {H3068}, until those days {H3117}.

The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places, because no house had yet been built for the name of ADONAI.

The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.

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

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • 1 Kings 22:43

    And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; [for] the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:17

    Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, [yet] unto the LORD their God only.

  • Deuteronomy 12:2

    Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

  • Deuteronomy 12:5

    ¶ But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

  • Leviticus 26:30

    And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

  • 1 Chronicles 17:4

    Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

  • 1 Chronicles 17:6

    Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

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