1 Kings 3:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The word “only” introduces a contrast. The writer means to say that there was one exception to the flourishing condition of things which he has been describing, namely, that “the people sacrificed...
1 Kings 3:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Only the people sacrificed in (b) high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. (b) Where altars were appointed before the temple was built, to offer to...
1 Kings 3:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:1 to 1 Kings 4:34 . Early Days, Reign, and Wisdom of Solomon. The sources of this section are various, and the arrangement of the narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are ( a...
1 Kings 3:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Only. May imply regret rather than censure. Compare 1 Kings 15:14 , &c. in high places. Deuteronomy 12:11 ; Deuteronomy 12:14 ; Deuteronomy 12:26 ; Deuteronomy 12:27 , not obeyed since...
1 Kings 3:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. The people sacrificed in high places - Could there be any sin in this, or was...
1 Kings 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. No JFB commentary on this verse.
1 Kings 3:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Choice This chapter relates how Solomon, out of various gifts offered to him by the Almighty, chose wisdom, and adds an illustration of the use he made of the gift with which he was endo...
1 Kings 3:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In high places . — The historian, writing from the point of view of his own time, when, after the solemn consecration of the Temple, the worship at “the high places,” which form natural sanctuaries,...
1 Kings 3:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE BOY-KING'S WISDOM 1 Kings 3:1-28 "An oracle is upon the lips of a king."- Proverbs 16:10 (Hebrews). "A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eye."...
1 Kings 3:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Young King's Wise Choice 1 Kings 3:1-15 The chapter opens doubtfully. The affinity with Pharaoh, and the two onlys of 1 Kings 3:2-3 are not promising. See Deuteronomy 12:13-14 . Yet th...
1 Kings 3:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first brief paragraph in this chapter reveals at once Solomon's strength and weakness. He was strong, for he loved the Lord and walked in the statutes of his father David. However, there was the...
1 Kings 3:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. This sacrificing on high places is uniformly spoken of in the Old Testame...
1 Kings 3:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Only the people sacrificed in high places ,.... On the tops of their houses, on hills and mountains, and particularly at the high place in Gibeon, where the tabernacle was: because there was no ho...
1 Kings 3:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. Ver. 2. Only the people sacrificed in high places. ] And Solomon not only p...
1 Kings 3:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Only the people sacrificed in high places Which were groves, or other convenient places upon hills. In such places the patriarchs had been wont to offer up their worship, and sacrifices to God; and...
1 Kings 3:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SOLOMON RECEIVES WISDOM FROM GOD (vs.1-15) However, early in Solomon's reign he slipped into the snare of making a treaty with the king of Egypt. Israel had before escaped from the bondage of Eg...
1 Kings 3:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon Marries Pharaoh's Daughter. B. C. 1014. 1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh...
1 Kings 3:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Only: this particle is used here and 1 Kings 3:3 , as an exception to Solomon's integrity and glory, and as his infirmity, and a blemish to his government, that he himself both permitted and pra...
1 Kings 3:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE RULE OF WISDOM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 3:1 . Pharaoh, king of Egypt —Probably Vaphres, but Winer suggests Psusennes. An alliance with so mighty a royal house shows that the...
1 Kings 3:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

high places Compare ( Leviticus 26:30 ); ( Deuteronomy 12:11-14 ). The use of commanding elevations for altars seems to have been immemorial and universal. In itself the practice was not ev...
1 Kings 3:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:1 . Solomon took Pharaoh's daughter. It would appear from the 45th Psalm, which the rabbins with one consent affirm, was the nuptial ode for this marriage, that David had made arrangemen...
1 Kings 3:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE BEGINNING OF SOLOMON 'S REIGN .—In the preceding chapter we have seen the establishment of Solomon's rule (verse 46) by the removal of internal foes, i.e; of disaffected...
1 Kings 3:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon at Gibeon
1 Kings 3:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 17:4-6 ; 1 Chronicles 28:3-6 ; 1 Kings 22:43 ; 1 Kings 5:3 ; 2 Chronicles 33:17 ; Acts 7:47-49 ; Deuteronomy 12:2-5 ; Leviticus 17:3-6 ; Leviticus 26:30
1 Kings 3:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Only — This particle is used here, and 1 Kings 3:3 , as an exception to Solomon's integrity and as a blemish to his government, That he himself both permitted and practised this which was expressl...

1 Kings 3:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 3:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 3:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 3:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 3:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 3:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 3:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 3:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 3:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Kings 3:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 3:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 3:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 3:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes