1 Kings 3:3

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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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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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 sta...
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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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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 bo...
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 al...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David, his father, in all the precepts of the covenant; only he sacrificed and burned incense...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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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 o...

³ And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 3:3

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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