1 Kings 3:2

However, the people were sacrificing on the high places, because until that time a temple for the Lord’s name had not been built.

1 Kings 22:43

He walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them but did what was right in the Lord’s sight. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Deuteronomy 12:2-5

Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods—on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

Leviticus 17:3-6

Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, sheep, or goat in the camp, or slaughters it outside the camp,

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; I will reject you.

1 Kings 5:3

“You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of Yahweh his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:4-6

“Go to David My servant and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build Me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 28:3-6

but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

2 Chronicles 33:17

However, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to Yahweh their God.

Acts 7:47-49

But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

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