1 Kings 3:2 - Printer Friendly

ESV: The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.

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

NASB: The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.

CSB: However, the people were sacrificing on the high places, because until that time a temple for the Lord’s name had not been built.

NLT: At that time the people of Israel sacrificed their offerings at local places of worship, for a temple honoring the name of the Lord had not yet been built.

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

NKJV: Meanwhile the people sacrificed at the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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