Jim Gallagher

1 Kings 3:3

“And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.”

Throughout his life Solomon showed evidence of his love for the Lord. He wrote three thousand proverbs to instruct young men how to walk pleasing to the Lord. Although only a few remain, we are told he also wrote over one thousand songs. Because of the influence of his father, it is safe to say most of these would have been songs of worship. Solomon also spent the early years of his reign building the Temple so Israel would have a permanent structure in which to worship he Lord. All of this attests to the statement that, “Solomon loved The Lord”. The problem arises when we continue reading the verse and find, along with his love, he had what the text calls “an…