1 Kings 3:3

3 Solomon showed his love for the LORD by walking according to the instructions given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 3:3 in Other Translations

3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

3 Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.

3 Solomon loved the LORD and followed all the decrees of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local places of worship.

3 Solomon loved God and continued to live in the God-honoring ways of David his father, except that he also worshiped at the local shrines, offering sacrifices and burning incense.

3 And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

3 Solomon loved the LORD and lived by his father David's rules. However, he still sacrificed and burned incense at these other worship sites.

3 Solomon loved the Lord by walking in the statutes of his father David, but he also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

3 Solomon showed his love for the Lord. He did it by obeying the laws his father David had taught him. But Solomon offered sacrifices at the high places. He also burned incense there.

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 made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the LORD, and the wall around Jerusalem.

2 The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the LORD.

3 Solomon showed his love for the LORD by walking according to the instructions given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 6:5; Psalms 31:23; Psalms 145:20; 1 Corinthians 8:3
• 2. S Deuteronomy 10:12; S Joshua 1:7
• 3. S Deuteronomy 17:19; S 1 Kings 14:8; 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 9:4; 1 Kings 11:4,6,38
• 4. S ver 2; Leviticus 17:3-5; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 15:4,35; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 21:3