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


In Context

1 Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.

2 Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.

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

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

5 In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, |Ask what I shall give you.|

1 Kings 3:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Solomon showed his love for the Lord by walking according to the statutes of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3And Solomon loveth Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of David his father — only, in high places he is sacrificing and making perfume —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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