1 Kings 3:2
What does 1 Kings 3:2 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 3:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there hath not been built a house for the name of Jehovah till those days.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: for there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Only, the people sacrificed on the high places; for there was no house built to the name of Jehovah, until those days.
Context
v.1And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
v.2This passage
v.3And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.
- 2 Chronicles 33:17
Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.
- 1 Chronicles 28:3
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
- Leviticus 17:3
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp,
- 1 Chronicles 17:4
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
- 1 Kings 22:43
And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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