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Nave Topical Bible
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Scofield Reference Index
• High Places
Thompson Chain Reference
• High Places
Torrey Topical Textbook
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• High Places
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• High Places
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• High Place
Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• High Place, Sanctuary
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Places, High
• High Places
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• High Places
People's Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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• High Place
Watson's Theological Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• High Place
• Place, Broad High
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• High Places and Groves
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• High Place
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
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Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Idol, Grove, High Place
• The High Place
• בָּמָה
• בַּעַל , בָּמָה
• מָרוֹם
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Probably originally altars on any slight elevation, mentioned in the Old Testament. Before the Temple was built, there was nothing contrary to the law in the "high places" provided God alone was worshipped there, and no incense or victims were offered to idols. During the period of the Judges and the Kings, the Israelites erected idolatrous altars and Solomon built a temple for the idol of the Moabites on the hill near Jerusalem (3Kings 11).