Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.
We are here told concerning Solomon, I. Something that was unquestionably good, for which he is to be praised and in which he is to be imitated. 1. He loved the Lord, Kg1 3:3. Particular notice was taken of God's love to him, Sa2 12:24. He had his name from it: Jedidiah - beloved of the Lord.
Commenting on 1 Kings 3:1-4
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 the Lord, or which he exhorted him to walk in, and were the same, Kg1 2:3; only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places; besides that at Gibeon...
HIGH PLACES BEING IN USE, HE SACRIFICES AT GIBEON. (Kg1 3:2-5) And Solomon loved the Lord--This declaration, illustrated by what follows, affords undoubted evidence of the young king's piety; nor is the word "only," which prefaces the statement, to be understood as introducing a qualifying circumstance that reflected any degree of censure upon him.