1 Chronicles 28:18

Then, for the altar on which the incense was burned, he gave the purest gold. And from the same he made the likeness of the chariot of the Cherubim, with extended wings, which is veiling the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

In Context

17Also, he distributed from the purest gold for the small hooks and the bowls and the censors, as well as for the little lions of gold, in accord with the precise measure of the weight, for lion after lion. Similarly too, for the lions of silver, he set aside a different weight of silver.

19“All these things,” he said, “came to me written by the hand of the Lord, so that I would understand all the works of the pattern.”

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Cross References

Exodus 25:18Likewise, you shall make two Cherubim of formed gold, on both sides of the oracle.

Exodus 30:1“You shall also make an altar, for the burning of incense, from setim wood,

1 Kings 6:23And he made in the oracle two cherubim from wood of the olive tree, of ten cubits in height.

Psalms 18:10The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for all generations. The judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves:

Psalms 80:1Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself.

Ezekiel 1:15And as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared above the earth, next to the living creatures, one wheel having four faces.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 28:12-21

David's Charge to Solomon. ( b. c. 1015.) 11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, 12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord , and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: 13 Also for the courses of the… Read the whole commentary →

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