1 Kings 3:3

3 Solomon ¹loved the LORD, ²walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at 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 made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into 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 sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD.

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

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

5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, "Ask what I shall give you."

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 30:16, 20; [Psalms 31:23]
• 2. ver. 6, 14