1 Kings 3:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Loved

Walking

John 14:15

Only he

Bible References

Loved

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear the Lord your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul?

The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live.

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba; he went and slept with her. She gave birth to a son and named him Solomon.

The Lord loved him,

Love the Lord, all His faithful ones.
The Lord protects the loyal,
but fully repays the arrogant.

He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

“This is the most important,”

Jesus answered:

Listen, Israel! The Lord

our God, the Lord

is One.

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.

But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

We love because He first loved us.

This is how we know that we love God’s children when we love God and obey His commands.

Walking

And Solomon replied, “You have shown great and faithful love to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and integrity. You have continued this great and faithful love for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

and keep your obligation to the Lord your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commands, ordinances, and decrees. This is written in the law of Moses, so that you will have success in everything you do and wherever you turn,

“‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand but will let him be ruler all the days of his life because of My servant David, whom I chose and who kept My commands and My statutes.

Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed, and he was not completely devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.

“So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and follow all the commands of the Lord your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals

“If you love Me, you will keep My commands.

Only he

The high places were not taken away; but Asa’s heart was completely devoted to the Lord his entire life.

He walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them but did what was right in the Lord’s sight. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for the Israelites burned incense to it up to that time. He called it Nehushtan.