2The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the Lord .


In Context

1 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the Lord , and the wall around Jerusalem.

2 The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the Lord .

3 Solomon showed his love for the Lord by walking according to the statutes of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

1st Kings 3:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:2Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:2But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: far there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2Only, the people sacrificed on the high places; for there was no house built to the name of Jehovah, until those days.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built to the name of the LORD, until those days.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there hath not been built a house for the name of Jehovah till those days.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:2Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built to the name of the LORD, until those days.