1 Kings 3:2 Parallel Translations

The people were still sacrificing at other worship sites because a temple for the name of the LORD had not yet been built.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there hath not been built a house for the name of Jehovah till those days.

1 Kings 3:2 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 17:3 "Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp,

Deuteronomy 12:2 "You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

Deuteronomy 12:13 "Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,

1 Kings 22:43 He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:2 Only the people sacrificed in {b} high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
(b) Where altars were appointed before the temple was built, to offer to the Lord.

WES:

3:2 Only - This particle is used here, and ver.3, as an exception to Solomon's integrity and as a blemish to his government, That he himself both permitted and practised this which was expressly forbidden, Levit 17:3,4 Deut 12:13,14. High places - Which were groves, or other convenient places upon hills, in which the patriarchs used to offer up their sacrifices to God; and from them this custom was derived both to the Gentiles and the Jews: and in them the Gentiles sacrificed to idols, the Hebrews to the true God. Because, and c. - Which reason was not sufficient, for there was a tabernacle, to which they were as much confined as to the temple, Ex 40:34 - 38, and c.

MHC:

3:1-4 He that loved the Lord, should, for his sake, have fixed his love upon one of the Lord's people. Solomon was a wise man, a rich man, a great man; yet the brightest praise of him, is that which is the character of all the saints, even the poorest, He loved the Lord. Where God sows plentifully, he expects to reap accordingly; and those that truly love God and his worship, will not grudge the expenses of their religion. We must never think that wasted which is laid out in the service of God.

CONC:

Built However Making Offerings Places Sacrificed Sacrificing Temple Till Yet

Built High House However Making Offerings Places Sacrificed Sacrificing Temple Time

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