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1 Kings 3:2

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

KJV

Attamen populus immolabat in excelsis : non enim ædificatum erat templum nomini Domini usque in diem illum.

Vulgate

θυμιῶντες ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς, ὅτι οὐκ ᾠκοδομήθη οἶκος τῷ κυρίῳ ἕως νῦν.

LXX

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

ASV

רַ֣ק הָ/עָ֔ם מְזַבְּחִ֖ים בַּ/בָּמ֑וֹת כִּ֠י לֹא נִבְנָ֥ה בַ֨יִת֙ לְ/שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַ/יָּמִ֥ים הָ/הֵֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
mzbchym
verb · 132×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
רַ֣ק
rq
adverb · 109×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 22:43 — And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offer
  • 1Sam 9:12 — And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
  • 2Chr 33:17 — Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
  • 2Kgs 18:4 — He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it
  • Deut 12:2 — Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
  • Lev 26:30 — And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.