1 Kings 3:2
A Temple had not yet been built for Jehovah. The people were still offering sacrifices at many different altars.
1 Kings 22:43
Like his father Asa before him, he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah. However the places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
Deuteronomy 12:2-5
Destroy all the places where the nations you dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
Leviticus 17:3-6
Any Israelite who slaughters a bull, sheep, or goat inside or outside the camp
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your worship sites. I will cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on top of your dead idols. I will view you with disgust.
1 Kings 5:3
You know my father David could not build a Temple for the worship of Jehovah due to the constant wars he had to fight. There were enemies in countries all around him. First Jehovah had to give him victory over all his enemies.
1 Chronicles 17:4-6
Go tell my servant David, This is what Jehovah says: 'You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.
1 Chronicles 28:3-6
However God told me: 'You must not build the Temple for my name because you have fought wars and caused bloodshed.'
2 Chronicles 33:17
However the people continued to sacrifice at the illegal places of worship. But they sacrificed only to Jehovah their God.
Acts 7:47-49
But Solomon built him a house.