High Places

How Nave’s arranged it

• A term used to describe places of worshipGenesis 12:8Genesis 22:2Genesis 22:14Genesis 31:541 Samuel 9:122 Samuel 24:251 Kings 3:21 Kings 3:41 Kings 18:301 Kings 18:381 Chronicles 16:392 Chronicles 1:32 Chronicles 33:17
• Signify a place of idolatrous worshipNumbers 22:411 Kings 11:71 Kings 12:311 Kings 14:231 Kings 15:141 Kings 22:432 Kings 17:92 Kings 17:29Jeremiah 7:31
• Licentious practices atEzekiel 16:24–43
• The idolatrous, to be destroyedLeviticus 26:30Numbers 33:52
• Asa destroys2 Chronicles 14:3
• Jehoshaphat destroys2 Chronicles 17:6
• Hezekiah destroys2 Kings 18:4
• Josiah destroys2 Kings 23:8
• See Groves
• See Idolatry

The passages, in Bible order (29)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 12:8

   From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 12:81 voice

   “Where there is Bethel, that is, the house of God, there is also the altar. Where there is the altar, there is also the calling on the name of God. It is not by chance that he made such great progress. He hoped in the help of God. The athlete of God exercised and strengthened himself in adversity. He went into the desert.

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2. Genesis 22:2

   “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 22:21 voice

   “(Chapter 22, Verse 2.) And God said to him: Take your beloved son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the high land, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will tell you. It is difficult to translate the Hebrew language into Latin. Where it is now said, go to the high land, in Hebrew it has Moriah, which Aquila translated as 'the visible', that is, clear, and Symmachus, 'the vision', that is, sight.

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3. Genesis 22:14

   And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 22:141 voice

   “(Verse 14) And Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord will see: so that they say to this day, In the mount the Lord will be seen. For because he hath seen in this place, in the Hebrew tongue it is said, He shall be seen. And this hath passed into a proverb with the Hebrews, so that when they are in distress and desire the Lord's aid, they say, In the mount the Lord will be seen: that is, as He pitied Abraham, so will He have pity on us.

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4. Genesis 31:54

   Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

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   “Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount,....

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5. Leviticus 26:30

   I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

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   “And I will destroy your high places,....

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6. Numbers 22:41

   The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.

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   “And it came to pass on the morrow,....

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7. Numbers 33:52

   you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 33:521 voice

   “Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you,....

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8. 1 Samuel 9:12

   “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

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9. 2 Samuel 24:25

   And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:251 voice

   “Therefore, the king himself offered blessed David the threshing floor and oxen for a burnt offering, but King David refused to accept them without first paying a price. This, too, was fulfilled at the coming of our Lord and Savior, for he refused to take …

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10. 1 Kings 3:2

    The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 3:21 voice

    “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, Deu 12:5.

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11. 1 Kings 3:4

    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.

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 3:41 voice

    “Since the Law forbade praying or sacrificing outside Jerusalem, why did Solomon offer one thousand whole burnt offerings on the altar of Gibeon? Because the tabernacle was in Gibeon, as is attested in the book of Chronicles, and therefore, out of veneration for the ancient …

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12. 1 Kings 11:7

    At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.

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13. 1 Kings 12:31

    Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

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14. 1 Kings 14:23

    They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

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    “For they also built them high places,....

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15. 1 Kings 15:14

    The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.

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16. 1 Kings 18:30

    Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.

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