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1 Kings 3:2 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 2
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.1 Kings 3:2 · King James Version
1 Kings 3:2 in context
1And 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.
2Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
3And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
4And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificedzâbachto slaughter an animalH2076 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- placesbâmâhan elevationH1116 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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We are here told concerning Solomon, I. Something that was unquestionably good, for which he is to be praised and in which he is to be imitated. 1. He loved the Lord, Kg1 3:3. Particular notice was taken of God's love to him, Sa2 12:24. He had his name from it: Jedidiah - beloved of the Lord.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4