1Ki 3:2-4 | KingComments | STEP | Here too we see that the government of Solomon is not perfect. There is no direct talk of idolatry, but the heights do provide the opportunity for it, which is also seized by the people. Also there is the high place at Gibeon, the great high place. There is the tabernacle and there is the bronze altar of burnt offering ( ; ). Gibeon is located about eight kilometers north of Jerusalem in the area of Benjamin. Solomon goes there. He has not yet entered into the thoughts of his father David, who has sought the ark. David made the threshing floor of Ornan the place where the temple is to be built ( ). The ark is in Jerusalem and there Solomon sacrifices after his dream ( ). The ark speaks of the Lord Jesus and the place where He is the center. Solomon could have made his sacrifices there earlier, but God tolerates it from him and His people to sacrifice them on the high places. It is not wrong, but it is not the best either.

‏ 1 Kings 3:2-4

Sacrificing on the High Places

Here too we see that the government of Solomon is not perfect. There is no direct talk of idolatry, but the heights do provide the opportunity for it, which is also seized by the people. Also there is the high place at Gibeon, the great high place. There is the tabernacle and there is the bronze altar of burnt offering (1Chr 16:37-39; 2Chr 1:3-5). Gibeon is located about eight kilometers north of Jerusalem in the area of Benjamin. Solomon goes there. He has not yet entered into the thoughts of his father David, who has sought the ark.

David made the threshing floor of Ornan the place where the temple is to be built (1Chr 21:28-30 ; 1Chr 22:1). The ark is in Jerusalem and there Solomon sacrifices after his dream (1Kgs 3:15). The ark speaks of the Lord Jesus and the place where He is the center. Solomon could have made his sacrifices there earlier, but God tolerates it from him and His people to sacrifice them on the high places. It is not wrong, but it is not the best either.