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1 Kings 3:1-2
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 3:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 3
Solomon Asks for Wisdom. 1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her into the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the Lord and the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
2 [a]In the meantime, the people sacrificed upon the high places,[b] for a temple to the name of the Lord had not yet been built.
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- 1 Kings 3:2 The celebration of worship apart from the place where the Ark resided was not yet forbidden; the editor deplores it, however, because he could see from what happened that the practice had favored idolatry.
- 1 Kings 3:2 High places: continued a Canaanite practice; the worship of the Lord there was contaminated by the worship of Baal (Jdg 6:25f).
