1 Raja-raja 3:4

3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. ¹  Solomon would offer up ²  a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

1 Raja-raja 11:7

11:7 Furthermore, ³  on the hill east of Jerusalem ⁴  Solomon built a high place ⁵  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh ⁶  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ⁷ 

[3:4]  ¹ tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”

[3:4]  ² tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.

[11:7]  ³ tn Heb “then.”

[11:7]  ⁴ sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

[11:7]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:7]  ⁵ sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

[11:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

[11:7]  ⁷ tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).