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1 Kings 3:2

1 Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

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

3 And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

4 Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

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BSB
The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
KJV
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
WEB
However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for the LORD’s name.
ASV
Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.
DARBY
Only, the people sacrificed on the high places; for there was no house built to the name of Jehovah, until those days.
BLB
Only, the people sacrificed at the high places, because there had not been built a house for the name of YHWH until those days.
ÅB
Folket ofret dengang bare på haugene; for på den tid var det enda ikke bygget noe hus for Herrens navn.
OTB
Folket ofret fortsatt på haugene, fordi det ennå ikke var bygget et hus for Herrens navn.
B1930
Folket ofret dengang bare på haugene; for på den tid var det ennu ikke bygget noget hus for Herrens navn.

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  • 1 Kings 22:43

    And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:17

    Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:2–5

    Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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  • Leviticus 26:30

    I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

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  • Acts 7:47–49

    But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.

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  • 1 Kings 5:3

    “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:3–6

    but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’

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  • 1 Chronicles 17:4–6

    “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.

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