King James Version
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.(1 Kings 2:45)
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.(1 Kings 2:46)
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.(1 Kings 3:1)
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.(1 Kings 3:3)
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.(1 Kings 3:4)
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.(1 Kings 3:5)

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1 Kings 3:2 - Cross Reference

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: (1 Chronicles 17:4)
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. (Leviticus 26:30)
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. (1 Kings 22:43)
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. (1 Chronicles 28:3)
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: (Deuteronomy 12:2)
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. (1 Kings 5:3)
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only. (2 Chronicles 33:17)
But Solomon built him an house. (Acts 7:47)
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, (Leviticus 17:3)