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1 Kings 3:2

1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

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

3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

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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 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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:17

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

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  • Deuteronomy 12:2–5

    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:

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  • 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.

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  • Acts 7:47–49

    But Solomon built him an house.

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  • 1 Kings 5:3

    Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:3–6

    But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

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  • 1 Chronicles 17:4–6

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

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