2 Chronicles 5:8

For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

In Context

7And the priests took the ark of the Lord's agreement and put it in its place, in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

9The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:12And make four rings of gold for it, to be fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other.

Numbers 4:6And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 5:2-11

The Ark Placed in the Temple. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of… Read the whole commentary →

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