1 Kings 3:4 meaning and explanation
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
1 Kings 3:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Solomon has just begun his reign, and the narrator has already noted that the people still sacrificed at the high places because the temple was not yet built. Gibeon, a town north of Jerusalem, held the great high place, the chief site of worship in that transitional period.
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