1 Kings 3:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his (c) father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. (c) For his father had commanded him to obey the Lord and walk in hi...
1 Kings 3:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:1 to 1 Kings 4:34 . Early Days, Reign, and Wisdom of Solomon. The sources of this section are various, and the arrangement of the narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are ( a...
1 Kings 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

statutes of David. Contrast "the statutes of Omri" ( Micah 6:16 ), and"statutes of the heathen" ( 2 Kings 17:8 ). high places. Not necessarily idolatrous (see note on 1 Kings 3:2 , and compare...
1 Kings 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. Solomon loved the Lord. This declaration, illustrated by what fol...
1 Kings 3:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Choice This chapter relates how Solomon, out of various gifts offered to him by the Almighty, chose wisdom, and adds an illustration of the use he made of the gift with which he was endo...
1 Kings 3:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE BOY-KING'S WISDOM 1 Kings 3:1-28 "An oracle is upon the lips of a king."- Proverbs 16:10 (Hebrews). "A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eye."...
1 Kings 3:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Young King's Wise Choice 1 Kings 3:1-15 The chapter opens doubtfully. The affinity with Pharaoh, and the two onlys of 1 Kings 3:2-3 are not promising. See Deuteronomy 12:13-14 . Yet th...
1 Kings 3:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first brief paragraph in this chapter reveals at once Solomon's strength and weakness. He was strong, for he loved the Lord and walked in the statutes of his father David. However, there was the...
1 Kings 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. This is a beautiful, but short account of Solomon. He loved the Lord...
1 Kings 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Solomon loved the Lord ,.... The worship of the Lord, as the Targum: and which he showed by walking in the statutes of David his father ; in which his father walked, which were the statutes of...
1 Kings 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. Ver. 3. And Solomon loved, the Lord. ] Being first loved by him, his J...
1 Kings 3:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Solomon loved Or, Yet he loved, the Lord Although he miscarried in the matter of high places, yet, in the general, his heart was right with God. Walking in the statutes According to the sta...
1 Kings 3:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SOLOMON RECEIVES WISDOM FROM GOD (vs.1-15) However, early in Solomon's reign he slipped into the snare of making a treaty with the king of Egypt. Israel had before escaped from the bondage of Eg...
1 Kings 3:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon Marries Pharaoh's Daughter. B. C. 1014. 1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh...
1 Kings 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And, or, yet , although he mistook and miscarried himself in the matter of high places, yet in the general his heart was right with God, and he both loved him with inward affection, and walked w...
1 Kings 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE RULE OF WISDOM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 3:1 . Pharaoh, king of Egypt —Probably Vaphres, but Winer suggests Psusennes. An alliance with so mighty a royal house shows that the...
1 Kings 3:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:1 . Solomon took Pharaoh's daughter. It would appear from the 45th Psalm, which the rabbins with one consent affirm, was the nuptial ode for this marriage, that David had made arrangemen...
1 Kings 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Solomon loved the Lord. Love begets love It is a process of induction. Put a piece of iron in the presence of an electrified body, and that piece of iron for a time becomes electrified. It is c...
1 Kings 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE BEGINNING OF SOLOMON 'S REIGN .—In the preceding chapter we have seen the establishment of Solomon's rule (verse 46) by the removal of internal foes, i.e; of disaffected...
1 Kings 3:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon at Gibeon
1 Kings 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:8 ; 1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Corinthians 8:3 ; 1 John 4:19 ; 1 John 4:20 ; 1 John 5:2 ; 1 John 5:3 ; 1 Kings 11:34 ; 1 Kings 15:14 ; 1 Kings 15:3 ; 1 Kings 2:3 ; 1 Kings 2:4...
1 Kings 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yet — Although he miscarried in the matter of high places, yet in the general, his heart was right with God. Statutes — According to the statutes or commands of God, which are here called the statu...

1 Kings 3:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 3:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 3:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 3:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 3:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 3:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 3:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 3:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes