Solomon’s Prayer

Then Solomon said, “(A)You have shown great faithfulness to Your servant David my father, (B)according as he walked before You in [a]truth, righteousness, and uprightness of heart toward You; and (C)You have [b]reserved for him this great faithfulness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 3:6 Or faithfulness
  2. 1 Kings 3:6 Lit kept

14 And (A)if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will (B)prolong your days.”

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For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away [a]to follow other gods; and (A)his heart was not [b]wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of his father David had been.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit after other
  2. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit complete with

So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not follow the Lord fully, as his father David had done.

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He also did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

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“Please, Lord, just (A)remember (B)how I have walked before You wholeheartedly and in truth, and have done what is good in Your sight!” And (C)Hezekiah wept [a]profusely.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:3 Lit great weeping

Blessedness of the Fear of the Lord.

A Song of Ascents.

128 (A)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
Who (B)walks in His ways.

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