1 Kings 3:2

2 But the people [were] sacrificing on the high places, for the house for the name of Yahweh had not [yet] been built in those days.

1 Kings 3:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 3:2

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 house built unto the name of the Lord until those
days;
to which they were obliged to repair as afterwards, and there offer their sacrifices, as the Lord had commanded, ( Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 12:6 ) .

1 Kings 3:2 In-Context

1 Solomon intermarried with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and he took the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her to the city of David until he finished building his house, the house of Yahweh, and the walls of Jerusalem all around.

2 But the people [were] sacrificing on the high places, for the house for the name of Yahweh had not [yet] been built in those days.

3 Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father; only he [was] sacrificing and offering incense on the high places.

4 So the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice, for the great high place [was] there. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

5 Yahweh appeared to Solomon at Gibeon in a dream at night, and God said, "Ask what I should give to you."