NET Bible
"Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD."
— 1 Kings 3:2, NET Bible
“Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.”
“Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days. ”
“Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.”
“But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: for there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.”
“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.”
“Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.”
The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.
Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD.
Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the LORD by following the practices of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
One night in Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said,“Tell me what I should give you.”