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

1 Kings 3:2 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 રાજાઓ ૩:૨
લોકો ધર્મસ્થાનોમાં અર્પણ કરતા, કેમ કે તે દિવસો સુધી યહોવાહના નામનું ભક્તિસ્થાન બાંધવામાં આવ્યું નહોતું.
हिन्दी1 राजाओं ३:२
क्योंकि प्रजा के लोग तो ऊँचे स्थानों पर बलि चढ़ाते थे और उन दिनों तक यहोवा के नाम का कोई भवन नहीं बना था।

In context

1Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s city until he had finished building his own house, the LORD’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.

2However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for the LORD’s name.

3Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

4The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

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