"Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days."
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What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
But Solomon built him an house.
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:
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 offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
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.
Only, the people sacrificed on the high places; for there was no house built to the name of Jehovah, until those days.
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built to the name of the LORD, until those days.
Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.
Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there hath not been built a house for the name of Jehovah till those days.