1 Kings 6:27

That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and in like manner the other cherub.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

In Context

26The second cherub also was ten cubits: and the measure, and the work was the same in both the cherubims:

28And he set the cherubims in the midst of the inner temple: and the cherubims stretched forth their wings, and the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall: and the other wings in the midst of the temple touched one another.

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Cross References

Exodus 37:9Spreading their wings, and covering the propitiatory, and looking one towards the other, and towards it.

1 Kings 8:7For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the art, and the staves thereof above.

2 Chronicles 5:8So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves.

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 →

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