1 Kings 3:3

3 Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father; only he [was] sacrificing and offering incense on the high places.

1 Kings 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 3:3

And Solomon loved the Lord
The worship of the Lord, as the Targum: and which he showed by

walking in the statutes of David his father;
in which his father walked, which were the statutes of the Lord, or which he exhorted him to walk in, and were the same, ( 1 Kings 2:3 ) ;

only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places;
besides that at Gibeon, which it seems David did not.

1 Kings 3:3 In-Context

1 Solomon intermarried with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and he took the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her to the city of David until he finished building his house, the house of Yahweh, and the walls of Jerusalem all around.

2 But the people [were] sacrificing on the high places, for the house for the name of Yahweh had not [yet] been built in those days.

3 Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father; only he [was] sacrificing and offering incense on the high places.

4 So the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice, for the great high place [was] there. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

5 Yahweh appeared to Solomon at Gibeon in a dream at night, and God said, "Ask what I should give to you."