1 Kings 3:4 (LSB)

Passage

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered one thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 3:2 The people were still sacrificing on the high places because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.

1 Kings 3:3 And Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered one thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

1 Kings 3:5 In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, “Ask what I should give to you.”

1 Kings 3:6 Then Solomon said, “You have shown great lovingkindness to Your slave David my father, according to how he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have kept for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "went", "gibeon", "sacrifice", "great", "high", "place", and "solomon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "king" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And Solomon loved Yahweh walking in the..." into verse 5's "In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in...", so "king" and "went" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "king" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.