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1 Kings 3:3

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Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father; except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

Context

1Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into David’s city, until he had finished building his own house, Yahweh’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.
2However the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for Yahweh’s name.
3Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father; except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
4The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
5In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
6Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

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