1 Kings 3:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Kings 3:3

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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1 Kings 3

¹ Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

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

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

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

⁵ One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

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