Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Solomon loved the LORD, and lived according to the statutes that his father David obeyed, except that he sacrificed and burned offerings at the high places.
New American Standard Bible
Now
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.
Holman Bible
Solomon loved the Lord
A Conservative Version
And Solomon loved LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father. Only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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.
Amplified
Now Solomon loved the Lord, walking [at first] in the statutes of David his father, except [for the fact that] he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places [ignoring the law that required all sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle].
Bible in Basic English
And Solomon, in his love for the Lord, kept the laws of David his father; but he made offerings and let them go up in smoke on the high places.
Darby Translation
And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father; only, he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Julia Smith Translation
And Solomon will love Jehovah, going in the laws of David. his father: only he was sacrificing and burning incense upon the heights.
King James 2000
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: except that he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father; only he [was] sacrificing and offering incense on the high places.
Modern King James verseion
And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father. Only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the ordinances of David his father, save only that he sacrificed and offered cense upon altars in hills.
NET Bible
Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following the practices of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
New Heart English Bible
Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
The Emphasized Bible
Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father, - save only, that, in the high places, he himself, was sacrificing and offering incense.
Webster
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
World English Bible
Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Solomon loveth Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of David his father -- only, in high places he is sacrificing and making perfume --
Themes
Children » Instances of » Solomon
Dream » Instances of » Of solomon, concerning his choice of wisdom
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Interlinear
Yalak
'ab
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Walk With Yahweh
2 The people were sacrificing at various high places because the Temple had not yet been built and dedicated to the LORD. 3 Solomon loved the LORD, and lived according to the statutes that his father David obeyed, except that he sacrificed and burned offerings at the high places. 4 The king used to go to Gibeon to sacrifice, since there was a famous high place there, where Solomon once offered 1,000 burnt offerings on that altar.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5
You are to love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
Psalm 31:23
Love the LORD, all his godly ones! The LORD preserves the faithful and repays those who act with proud motives.
Deuteronomy 30:16
That's why I'm commanding you today to love the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by observing his commands, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live long, increase, and so that the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are about to enter to possess.
1 Corinthians 8:3
But anyone who loves God is known by him.
Deuteronomy 10:12
"Now Israel, what does the LORD your God desire from you? Only this: fear him, walk in all his ways, love him, serve him with all your heart and in all your life,
Deuteronomy 30:20
Love the LORD your God, obey his voice, and cling to him, because he is your life even your long life so that you may live in the land that the LORD promised to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
1 Kings 3:6
So Solomon said:
1 Kings 3:14
If you will live life my way, keeping my statutes and my commands, just like your father David did, I'll also increase the length of your life."
Deuteronomy 30:6
Then the LORD your God will circumcise both your hearts and those of your descendants so that you can love him with your heart and with your soul and therefore live.
2 Samuel 12:24-25
Then David consoled his wife Bathsheba. He went in and had sex with her, and she bore a son whom he named Solomon. The LORD loved him,
1 Kings 2:3-4
by keeping the charge that the LORD your God entrusted to you. Live life his way, keep his statutes, his commands, his ordinances, and his testimonies, just as they're written down in the Law of Moses, so that you may succeed in everything you do and wherever you go,
1 Kings 9:4
"Now as for you, if you commune with me like your father did, with an upright heart of integrity and doing everything that I've commanded you and keeping my statutes and ordinances,
1 Kings 11:4
because as Solomon grew older, his wives turned his affections away after other gods, and his heart was not fully as devoted to the LORD his God as his father David's heart had been.
1 Kings 11:6
Solomon practiced what the LORD considered to be evil by not fully following the LORD, as had his father David.
1 Kings 11:34
"Nevertheless, I won't take the entire kingdom away from him, but I'll let him reign for the rest of his life, because of my servant David, whom I chose, who obeyed my commandments and statutes,
1 Kings 11:38
If you listen to everything that I command you to do, and if you live your life my way, and if you do what I consider to be right by observing my statutes and my commandments, just like my servant David did, then I will be with you, I will build an enduring dynasty for you, just like I did for David, and I'll give Israel to you.
1 Kings 15:3
He practiced the same sins that his father committed before he was born. Unlike his ancestor David, his heart never became devoted to the LORD his God.
1 Kings 15:14
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed, even though Asa's heart was blameless toward the LORD all of his life.
1 Kings 22:43
He lived like his father Asa and never abandoned that life. He did what the LORD considered to be right. Nevertheless, the high places were not demolished, and the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.
2 Kings 12:3
except that the high places were not demolished, so the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.
2 Kings 14:4
except that the high places were not abolished. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on the high places.
2 Kings 15:4
except that the high places were never removed, and the people kept on sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
2 Kings 15:35
except the high places were not torn down, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. But he rebuilt the upper gate of the LORD's Temple.
2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, demolished the sacred pillars, and tore down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had crafted, because the Israelis had been burning incense to it right up until that time. Hezekiah called it a piece of brass.
2 Kings 18:22
""Of course, you might tell me, "We rely on the LORD our God!" But isn't it he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has demolished, all the while telling Jerusalem, "You're to worship in front of this altar in Jerusalem?"'
1 Chronicles 28:8-9
Therefore, in the presence of all of Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and while our God is listening, observe and search through all of the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may continue to possess this good land, leaving it for an inheritance forever to benefit your descendants who come after you."
2 Chronicles 17:3-5
The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example set during his ancestor David's preliminary years by not pursuing the Baals.
Matthew 22:37
Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
Mark 12:29-30
Jesus answered, "The most important is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,
John 14:15
"If you love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21
The person who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and reveal myself to him."
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.
James 1:12
How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.
James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?
1 John 4:19-20
We love because God first loved us.
1 John 5:2-3
This is how we know that we love God's children: we love God and keep his commandments.