1 Kings 6:27
And he set the cherubim in the midst of the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched, wing to wing, in the midst of the house.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so of the other cherub.
28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
Cross References
Exodus 37:9And the cherubim spread out [their] wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat; and their faces were opposite to one another: the faces of the cherubim were [turned] toward the mercy-seat.
1 Kings 8:7for the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.
2 Chronicles 5:8and the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.
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 →