1 Kings 3:2

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:43 : 43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
  • Deut 12:2-5 : 2 Ye shall utterly stroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and unr every green tree: 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and stroy the names of them out of that place. 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
  • 1 Kgs 5:3 : 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
  • Lev 17:3-6 : 3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that kilth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kilth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernac of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernac of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his peop: 5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernac of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD. 6 And the priest shall sprink the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernac of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
  • Lev 26:30 : 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
  • 1 Chr 17:4-6 : 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
  • 1 Chr 28:3-6 : 3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. 4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: 5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
  • 2 Chr 33:17 : 17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
  • Acts 7:47-49 : 47 But Solomon built him an house. 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the ple of my rest?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 3:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

    4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    76%

    1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Chr 8:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

    12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

  • 2 Kgs 12:3
    76%

    3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

  • 1 Kgs 9:25
    76%

    25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

  • 2 Chr 33:17
    75%

    17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.

  • Acts 7:47
    75%

    47 But Solomon built him an house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    75%

    10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    75%

    1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

  • 2 Kgs 15:35
    74%

    35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 3:1
    74%

    1 And 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 the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

  • 2 Kgs 21:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

    5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 33:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

    5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 15:4
    73%

    4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

  • 2 Chr 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

    5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 11:7
    73%

    7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    73%

    3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

    2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

  • 2 Chr 2:4
    72%

    4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    72%

    1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

  • 2 Chr 7:7
    72%

    7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    72%

    16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

  • 1 Kgs 12:31
    72%

    31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    72%

    1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

  • 2 Kgs 14:4
    72%

    4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    72%

    2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

  • 2 Chr 7:12
    72%

    12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

  • 1 Chr 22:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.

    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    71%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    71%

    7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    71%

    7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

  • 2 Chr 20:33
    71%

    33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    71%

    17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    71%

    8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    70%

    3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    70%

    7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 2:6
    70%

    6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

  • 2 Chr 1:3
    70%

    3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    70%

    13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 8:62
    70%

    62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    70%

    6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

  • 2 Kgs 23:13
    70%

    13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    70%

    1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.