1 Kings 3:2

In 11 translations

BSB

The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for 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.

WEB

However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for Yahweh’s name.

ASV

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

LSV

Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there has not been built a house for the Name of YHWH until those days.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Only the people sacrificed in the hie places, because there was no house buylt vnto the name of the Lord, vntill those dayes.

JPS

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

LXXE

Nevertheless the people burnt incense on the high places, because a house had not yet been built to the Lord.

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WLC

רַ֣ק הָעָ֔ם מְזַבְּחִ֖ים בַּבָּמ֑וֹת כִּ֠י לֹא־נִבְנָ֥ה בַ֨יִת֙ לְשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵֽם׃

LXX-Br

Πλὴν ὁ λαὸς ἦσαν θυμιῶντες ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς, ὅτι οὐκ ᾠκοδομήθη οἶκος τῷ Κυρίῳ ἕως τοῦ νῦν.

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• 1 Kings 22:43And 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…
• 2 Chronicles 33:17Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
• Deuteronomy 12:2–5Destroy 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. Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars,…
• Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
• 1 Chronicles 28:3–6but 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.’ Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever.…
• 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 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His…
• 1 Kings 5:3“As you are well aware, due to 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.
• Acts 7:47–49But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you…
• 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 Me a house in which to dwell. For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day,…

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