1 Kings 6:27
And he set the cherubim within the innermost part of the house: and they spread forth the wings of the cherubim, 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 toward the middle of the house touched one another.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so that of the other cherub.
28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
Cross References
Exodus 37:9And the cherubim were spreading forth their wings on high, overshadowing with their wings the cover, with their faces one to the other; toward the cover were the faces of the cherubim directed.
1 Kings 8:7For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves from above.
2 Chronicles 5:8And the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves from 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 →