1 Kings 3:2

High places] Both the Canaanites (see Numbers 33:52; Deuteronomy 12:2) and the early Israelites (see 1 Samuel 9:12; 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 15:32) use(i to worship on hill-tops, possibly as being nearer heaven, the dwelling-place of the Deity, or perhaps (more probably) as being the best sites for burning the victims that were offered in sacrifice. In Deuteronomy 12:10 f. the worship of the Lord is ordered to be restricted to a single sanctuary; though the history shows that religious practices at the high places were permitted even by the best of kings (see 1 Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 22:43) until the reign of Hezekiah(see 2 Kings 18:4).