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And Solomon loveds the Lord, walking in the statutesu of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

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Deut. 30:16,20• ¹⁶{i}in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.{/i}
²⁰{i}in loving Jehovah thy God, in hearkening to his voice, and in cleaving to him—for this is thy life and the length of thy days—that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.{/i} (Deut. 30:16,20)

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Psa. 31:23• ²³Love Jehovah, all ye his saints:{HR}Jehovah preserveth the faithful and abundantly requiteth the proud doer. (Psa. 31:23)

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Matt. 22:37• ³⁷{i}And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.{/i} (Matt. 22:37)

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Rom. 8:28• ²⁸But we do know that all things work together for good to those that love God, to those that are called according to purpose. (Rom. 8:28)

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1 Kings 3:6,14• ⁶{i}And Solomon said, Thou hast shown unto thy servant David my father great loving-kindness, 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 loving-kindness, that thou hast given him a son who sits upon his throne, as it is this day.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will prolong thy days.{/i} (1 Kings 3:6,14)

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John 14:15,21• ¹⁵If ye love me, keep my commandments;
²¹He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; but he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him. (John 14:15,21)

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Deut. 6:5• ⁵And thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Deut. 6:5)

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Deut. 10:12• ¹²{i}And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,{/i} (Deut. 10:12)

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Deut. 30:6,16,20• ⁶{i}And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.{/i}
¹⁶{i}in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.{/i}
²⁰{i}in loving Jehovah thy God, in hearkening to his voice, and in cleaving to him—for this is thy life and the length of thy days—that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.{/i} (Deut. 30:6,16,20)

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2 Sam. 12:24‑25• ²⁴{i}And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon; and Jehovah loved him.{/i}
²⁵{i}And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.{/i} (2 Sam. 12:24‑25)

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Psa. 31:23• ²³Love Jehovah, all ye his saints:{HR}Jehovah preserveth the faithful and abundantly requiteth the proud doer. (Psa. 31:23)

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Matt. 22:37• ³⁷{i}And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.{/i} (Matt. 22:37)

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Mark 12:29‑30• ²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, Israel; The LORD our God is one LORD;
³⁰and thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. (Mark 12:29‑30)

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Rom. 8:28• ²⁸But we do know that all things work together for good to those that love God, to those that are called according to purpose. (Rom. 8:28)

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1 Cor. 8:3• ³but if anyone loveth God, he is known by him. (1 Cor. 8:3)

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James 1:12• ¹²Blest [is] a man who endureth trial; because, having been put to the proof, he shall receive the crown of life which he promised to those that love him. (James 1:12)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him? (James 2:5)

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1 John 4:19‑20• ¹⁹We love, because he first loved us.
²⁰If Anyone say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? (1 John 4:19‑20)

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1 John 5:2‑3• ²Herein we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments.
³For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:2‑3)

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1 Kings 3:6,14• ⁶{i}And Solomon said, Thou hast shown unto thy servant David my father great loving-kindness, 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 loving-kindness, that thou hast given him a son who sits upon his throne, as it is this day.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will prolong thy days.{/i} (1 Kings 3:6,14)

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1 Kings 2:3‑4• ³{i}and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;{/i}
⁴{i}that Jehovah may confirm his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee, said he, a man upon the throne of Israel.{/i} (1 Kings 2:3‑4)

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1 Kings 11:34• ³⁴Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes. (1 Kings 11:34)

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1 Kings 15:3• ³He walked, in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father. (1 Kings 15:3)

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1 Chron. 28:8‑9• ⁸{i}And now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, —keep and seek for all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess the good land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children after you forever.{/i}
⁹{i}And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off forever.{/i} (1 Chron. 28:8‑9)

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2 Chron. 17:3‑5• ³{i}And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;{/i}
⁴{i}but he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.{/i}
⁵{i}And Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave gifts to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honour in abundance.{/i} (2 Chron. 17:3‑5)

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John 14:15,21• ¹⁵If ye love me, keep my commandments;
²¹He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; but he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him. (John 14:15,21)

only he.

1 Kings 15:14• ¹⁴{i}But the high places were not removed; only{/i}, Asa's heart was perfect , with Jehovah all his days. (1 Kings 15:14)

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1 Kings 22:43• ⁴³{i}And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah. Only, the high places were not removed: the people offered and burned incense still on the high places.{/i} (1 Kings 22:43)

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2 Kings 12:3• ³But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. (2 Kings 12:3)

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2 Kings 14:4• ⁴{i}Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.{/i} (2 Kings 14:4)

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2 Kings 15:4,35• ⁴{i}Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.{/i}
³⁵{i}Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.{/i} (2 Kings 15:4,35)

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2 Kings 18:4,22• ⁴He removed the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; {i}for to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan{/i}.
²²But if ye say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God. Is not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? (2 Kings 18:4,22)

• In so doing he accommodated himself to the religious practices of his people, of whom it is said in 1 Kings 3:2: “Only the people sacrificed in high places.” It was not a positive sin against the Lord, as was the case later on with certain pious kings of Judah, when the building of the temple had removed every plea for such practices. (“Gibeon: 1 Kings 3:4-15” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father; only, he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)