1 Kings 5:3 explains that David's wars prevented temple building, directly accounting for why high-place sacrifice continued in 1 Kings 3:2.

1 Kings 14:23 describes high places later used for idolatry, contrasting with the pre-temple worship of the Lord in 1 Kings 3:2.

1 Kings 22:43 notes that high places persisted even under later good kings, showing the ongoing issue introduced here.

Leviticus 17:3-6 mandates sacrifices only at the tabernacle, highlighting why high place sacrifices were irregular before the temple.

Deuteronomy 12:2-5 commands worship only at the central sanctuary, contrasting with the pre-temple high-place sacrifices in 1 Kings 3:2.

1 Chronicles 17:4-6 records God's refusal to let David build the temple, providing the divine reason for no temple in 1 Kings 3:2.

1 Chronicles 28:3-6 states David could not build because he was a man of war, reaffirming why the temple was not yet built in 1 Kings 3:2.

2 Chronicles 1:3 identifies Gibeon as the high place where the tent of meeting was, specifying the location of sacrifices mentioned here.

1 Samuel 9:12 shows that sacrificing at a high place was normal before the temple, providing an earlier example of the same practice.

Leviticus 26:30 threatens destruction of high places, showing God's condemnation of the same practice tolerated in 1 Kings 3:2 before the temple.

2 Kings 18:4 records Hezekiah removing high places, showing that the earlier tolerance in 1 Kings 3:2 was later overturned.

In 2 Chronicles 15:17, the high places remain even under faithful King Asa, mirroring the situation in Solomon's early reign—both show devotion alongside incomplete reform.

2 Chronicles 33:17 describes a later period when people still sacrificed at high places but only to the Lord, mirroring the same ambivalent practice.