1 Kings 6:23
In the inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high;
Bible in Basic English
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 sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.
Exodus 25:20And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.
2 Chronicles 3:10And in the most holy place he made images of two winged beings, covering them with gold.
Psalms 80:1To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
Ezekiel 10:2And he said to the man clothed in linen, Go in between the wheels, under the winged ones, and get your two hands full of burning coals from between the winged ones and send them in a shower over the town. And he went in before my eyes.
Hebrews 1:14Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be 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 →