1 Kings 3:2
But [in the meantime] the people were still sacrificing [to God] on the high places (hilltops) [as the pagans did to their idols], for there was no [permanent] house yet built for the
1 Kings 22:43
He walked in all the ways of Asa his father, without turning from them, doing right in the sight of the Lord. However, the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Deuteronomy 12:2-5
You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green [leafy] tree.
Leviticus 17:3-6
“Any man from the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places [devoted to idolatrous worship], and cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies upon the [crushed] bodies of your idols, and My soul will detest you [with deep and unutterable loathing].
1 Kings 5:3
“You know that David my father could not build a house (temple) for the Name (Presence) of the Lord his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.
1 Chronicles 17:4-6
“Go and tell David My servant, ‘Thus says the Lord, “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;
1 Chronicles 28:3-6
But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My Name (Presence), because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’
2 Chronicles 33:17
Yet the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
Acts 7:47-49
But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.