The word “only” introduces a contrast. The author is highlighting an exception to the otherwise prosperous conditions he has just described: namely…

In high places.—The historian, writing from the point of view of his own time, when, after the solemn consecration of the Temple, …

Only the people sacrificed in high places
On the tops of their houses, on hills and mountains, and particularly at t…

He who loved the Lord should, for His sake, have fixed his love upon one of the Lord's people. Solomon was a wise man, a rich man, and a great man;…