'High' in the 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.

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.

The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar.

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

Each cherub stood 15 feet high.

He named it "The Palace of the Lebanon Forest"; it was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high.

The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high.

He also made the large bronze basin called "The Sea." It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.

He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.

The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high.

Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.

He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods.

He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

With the authority of the Lord he cried out against the altar, "O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, 'Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.'"

for the prophecy he announced with the Lord's authority against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled."

After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.

They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

He followed in his father Asa's footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.