1 Kings 3:2 (DRB)

Passage

But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: for there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 3:1 And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon, and he made affinity with Pharao, the king of Egypt: for he took his daughter, and brought her into the city of David: until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

1 Kings 3:2 But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: for there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.

1 Kings 3:3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father; only he sacrificed in the high places, and burnt incense.

1 Kings 3:4 He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacrifice there: for that was the great high place: a thousand victims for holocausts, did Solomon offer upon that altar, in Gabaon.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "people", "sacrificed", "high", "places", "temple", "built", "name", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "people" and "sacrificed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And the kingdom was established in the..." into verse 3's "And Solomon loved the Lord walking in...", so "people" and "sacrificed" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "people" and "sacrificed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.