Quotes about Religion
The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
— 1 Kings 3:2
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
— 1 Kings 6:4
The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
— 1 Kings 6:6
He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
— 1 Kings 11:8
One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
— 1 Kings 12:29
And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
— 1 Kings 12:30
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
— 1 Kings 14:23
And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated.
— 1 Kings 15:15
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
— 1 Kings 16:32
Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
— 1 Kings 18:22
So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
— 1 Kings 18:28
Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”
— 2 Kings 5:18