Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

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

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 by walking in the statutes of his father David, but he also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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.

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.

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 --

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁלמה 
Sh@lomoh 
Usage: 293

אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

the Lord

Usage: 0

ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

in the statutes
חקּה 
Chuqqah 
Usage: 104

of David
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

זבח 
Zabach 
Usage: 134

קטר 
Qatar 
Usage: 116

References

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Fausets

Morish

Context Readings

Solomon's Walk With Yahweh

2 Only, the people sacrificed on the high places; for there was no house built to the name of Jehovah, until those days. 3 And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father; only, he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer up upon that altar.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:5

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength.

Psalm 31:23

Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer.

Deuteronomy 30:16

in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if any one love God, he is known of him):

Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Deuteronomy 30:20

in loving Jehovah thy God, in hearkening to his voice, and in cleaving to him for this is thy life and the length of thy days that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

1 Kings 3:6

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewn unto thy servant David my father great loving-kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great loving-kindness, that thou hast given him a son who sits upon his throne, as it is this day.

1 Kings 3:14

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will prolong thy days.

Deuteronomy 30:6

And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

2 Samuel 12:24-25

And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon; and Jehovah loved him.

1 Kings 2:3-4

and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;

1 Kings 9:4

And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;

1 Kings 11:4

And it came to pass when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 11:6

And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed not fully Jehovah, as David his father.

1 Kings 11:34

But I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; for I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;

1 Kings 11:38

And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my sight, in keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and build thee a lasting house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

1 Kings 15:3

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 15:14

But the high places were not removed; only, Asa's heart was perfect with Jehovah all his days.

1 Kings 22:43

And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah. Only, the high places were not removed: the people offered and burned incense still on the high places.

2 Kings 12:3

Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

2 Kings 14:4

Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

2 Kings 15:4

Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

2 Kings 15:35

Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

2 Kings 18:4

He removed the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and broke in pieces the serpent of brass that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

2 Kings 18:22

And if ye say to me, We rely upon Jehovah our God: is it not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

1 Chronicles 28:8-9

And now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess the good land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children after you for ever.

2 Chronicles 17:3-5

And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;

Matthew 22:37

And he said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.

Mark 12:29-30

And Jesus answered him, The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;

John 14:15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:21

He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.

Romans 8:28

But we do know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.

James 2:5

Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?

1 John 4:19-20

We love because he has first loved us.

1 John 5:2-3

Hereby know we that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

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