1 Kings 6:27
And he stationed the cherubim in the middle of the inner temple. And the cherubim extended their wings, and the wing of the one was touching the wall, and the wing of the second cherub was touching the other wall. But the other wings, in the middle of the temple, were touching each another.
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In Context
26that is, one cherub had a height of ten cubits, and similarly the second cherub.
28He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.
Cross References
Exodus 37:9spreading their wings, and protecting the propitiatory, and gazing toward it and toward one another.
1 Kings 8:7For indeed, the cherubim extended their wings over the place of the ark, and they protected the ark and its bars from above.
2 Chronicles 5:8so that the cherubim extended their wings over the place where the ark was positioned, and they covered the ark itself and its bars.
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 →