1 Kings 6:23
And he made in the oracle two cherubim from wood of the olive tree, of ten cubits in height.
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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 3:24And he cast out Adam. And in front of the Paradise of enjoyment, he placed the Cherubim with a flaming sword, turning together, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Exodus 25:20And let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings and covering the oracle, and let them look out toward one another, their faces being turned toward the propitiatory, with which the ark is to be covered,
2 Chronicles 3:10Now he also made, in the house of the Holy of Holies, two cherubim as a work of statues. And he covered them with gold.
Psalms 80:1Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself.
Ezekiel 10:2And he spoke to the man who was clothed with linen, and he said: “Enter, between the wheels that are under the cherubim, and fill your hand with the coals of fire that are between the cherubim, and pour them upon the city.” And he entered, in my sight.
Hebrews 1:14Are they not all spirits of ministration, sent to minister for the sake of those who shall receive the inheritance of 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 →