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


In Context

1 And Solomon joineth in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and taketh the daughter of Pharaoh, and bringeth her in unto the city of David, till he completeth to build his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

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

3 And Solomon loveth Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of David his father — only, in high places he is sacrificing and making perfume —

4 and the king goeth to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it is the great high place; a thousand burnt-offerings cause to ascend doth Solomon on that altar.

1 Kings 3:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:2The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the Lord .

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 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.