1 Kings 3:2

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Kings 3:2

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for the LORD’s name.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Kings 3

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.

² 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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