1 Kings 3:2

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

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WEBBE

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

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.

ASV

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

BBE

But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.

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רַק rak only H7535 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 מְזַבְּחִים me·za·be·chim [were] sacrificing H2076 בַּבָּמוֹת ba·ba·mot at the high places H1116 כִּי ki for H3588 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 נִבְנָה niv·nah it had been built H1129 בַיִת va·yit a house H1004 לְשֵׁם le·shem for [the] name of H8034 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 עַד 'ad until H5704 הַיָּמִים hai·ya·mim the days H3117 הָהֵם פ ha·hem (the) those H1992

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4

He that loved the Lord, should, for his sake, have fixed his love upon one of the Lord's people. Solomon was a wise man, a rich man, a great man; yet the brightest praise of him, is that which is the character of all the saints, even the poorest, "He loved the Lord." Where God sows plentifully, he expects to reap accordingly; and those that truly love God and his worship, will not grudge the expenses of their religion. We must never think that wasted which is laid out in the service of God.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.