Only the people sacrificed in the [a]high places, because there was no house built unto the Name of the Lord, until those days.

And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the ordinances of David his [b]father: only he sacrificed and offered incense in the high places.

And the King went to [c]Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the chief high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 3:2 Where altars were appointed before the temple was built, to offer unto the Lord.
  2. 1 Kings 3:3 For his father had commanded him to obey the Lord and walk in his ways, 1 Kings 2:3.
  3. 1 Kings 3:4 For there the Tabernacle was, 2 Chron. 1:3.

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