1 Kings 3:3

3 Now ¹Solomon loved the LORD, ²walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 3:3 In-Context

1 Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.

2 The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.

3 Now Solomon loved the LORD , walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, "Ask what you wish me to give you."

Cross References 2

1. Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 10:12, 13; Deuteronomy 11:13; Deuteronomy 30:16; Psalms 31:23; Psalms 145:20; 1 Corinthians 8:3
2. 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 9:4; 1 Kings 11:4, 6, 38

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