1 KINGS 3:3

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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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1 Kings 3:3 Translation & Meaning

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And Solomon שְׁלֹמֹה֙ Shelomah, David's successor Solomon
loved וַיֶּֽאֱהַ֤ב To have affection for (sexually or otherwise) loved
the Lord, יְהוָ֔ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
walking לָלֶ֕כֶת To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) walking
in the statutes בְּחֻקּ֖וֹת A statute statutes
of David דָּוִ֣ד David, the youngest son of Jesse David
his father: אָבִ֑יו Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application father
only רַ֚ק Properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although only
he ה֥וּא He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are he
sacrificed מְזַבֵּ֖חַ To slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) sacrificed
and burnt incense וּמַקְטִֽיר׃ To smoke, i.e., turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship) burnt incense
in high places. בַּבָּמ֔וֹת An elevation high places

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  • 1  And 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 the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

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

  • 3  And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in 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 upon that altar.

  • 5  In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.




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