1 Kings 3:2
“Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built vnto the Name of the Lord vntill those dayes.”
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1 Kings 3:2 Context
1And Solomon made affinitie with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tooke Pharaohs daughter, and brought her into the citie of Dauid, vntill he had made an end of building his owne house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Ierusalem round about. 2Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built vnto the Name of the Lord vntill those dayes. 3And Solomon loued the Lord, walking in the statutes of Dauid his father: onely he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer vp on that Altar.
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Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
- King James Version
The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.
- New American Standard Version (1995)