The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the
Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of
‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it
but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’
“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the N
But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell