King James Version with Apocrypha
"And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places."
— 1 Kings 3:3, King James Version with Apocrypha
“And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.”
“And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. ”
“Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.”
“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.”
“And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father; only he sacrificed in the high places, and burnt incense.”
“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.”
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.
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.
And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
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.
In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, 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 kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.