High Places: A Term Used to Describe Places of Worship

Scripture references

• Gen 12:8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched
• Gen 22:2, 14 “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go
• Gen 31:54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives
• 1Sa 9:12 “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has
• 2Sa 24:25 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and
• 1Ki 3:2, 4 The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a
• 1Ki 18:30, 38 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the
• 1Ch 16:39 And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the
• 2Ch 1:3 And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because
• 2Ch 33:17 Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to