1 Kings 3:2

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Summary

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

The people

Was no

Bible References

The people

Any Israelite who slaughters a bull, sheep, or goat inside or outside the camp

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.

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.

However the people continued to sacrifice at the illegal places of worship. But they sacrificed only to Jehovah their God.

Was no

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.

Go tell my servant David, This is what Jehovah says: 'You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

However God told me: 'You must not build the Temple for my name because you have fought wars and caused bloodshed.'

But Solomon built him a house.