1 Kings 3:2
The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
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1 Kings 1:3
Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 22:43
And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Leviticus 17:3-6
Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it . . .

Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

Deuteronomy 12:2-5
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods--atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. . . .

2 Chronicles 33:17
Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

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1 Kings 5:3
"As you are aware, because of the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:4-6
"Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build a house for Me 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 who has spilled blood.' . . .

Acts 7:47-49
But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, the people were sacrificing on the high places, because until that time a temple for the LORD's name had not been built.

International Standard Version
The people were sacrificing at various high places because the Temple had not yet been built and dedicated to the LORD.

NET Bible
Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD.
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