1 Kings 3:2

New Catholic Bible

²^[a]In the meantime, the people sacrificed upon the high places,^[b] for a temple to the name of the Lord had not yet been built.

1 Kings 3:2 The celebration of worship apart from the place where the Ark resided was not yet forbidden; the editor deplores it, however, because he could see from what happened that the practice had favored idolatry.
1 Kings 3:2 High places: continued a Canaanite practice; the worship of the Lord there was contaminated by the worship of Baal (Jdg 6:25f).

New Catholic Bible (NCB)