1 Kings 6:23
And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 3:24So he drove out the man. And he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way of the tree of life.
Exodus 25:20And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy-seat.
2 Chronicles 3:10And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and they overlaid them with gold.
Psalms 80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who lead Joseph like a flock. Thou who sit [above] the cherubim, shine forth.
Ezekiel 10:2And he spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling [wheels], even under the cherub, and fill both thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in
Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth for service for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:16-38
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the… Read the whole commentary →