---
title: "Scofield"
description: "high places Cf. Leviticus 26:30; Deuteronomy 12:11-14. The use of commanding elevations for altars seems to have been immemorial and universal. In itself"
image: "/images/missing.jpg"
url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-kings/3"
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**high places**
Cf. [Leviticus 26:30](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/30); [Deuteronomy 12:11-14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/11-14). The use of commanding elevations for altars seems to have been immemorial and universal. In itself the practice was not evil ; [Genesis 12:7](../../../kjv/genesis/12/7); [Genesis 12:8](../../../kjv/genesis/12/8); [Genesis 22:2-4](../../../kjv/genesis/22/2-4) ; [Genesis 31:54](../../../kjv/genesis/31/54); [Judges 6:25](../../../kjv/judges/6/25); [Judges 6:26](../../../kjv/judges/6/26); [Judges 13:16-23](../../../kjv/judges/13/16-23). After the establishment of Mount Moriah and the temple as the centre of divine worship ; [Deuteronomy 12:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/5); [2 Chronicles 7:12](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/7/12) the pentateuchal prohibition of the use of high places [Deuteronomy 12:11-14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/11-14) which had looked forward to the setting up of such a centre, came into effect, and high places became identified with idolatrous practices. The constant recurrence to the use of high places, even for Jehovistic worship *(See Scofield "*[Deuteronomy 12:11-5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/11-5)*")* and after the building of the temple, proves how deeply rooted the custom was.
See [2 Kings 18:4-22](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/4-22); [2 Kings 23:1-37](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/1-37); [2 Chronicles 33:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/3); [2 Chronicles 33:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/17); [2 Chronicles 33:19](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/19) Note below refers to "Groves." *(See Scofield "*[2 Chronicles 33:19](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/19)*")* .

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