1 Kings 8:7

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves from above.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

In Context

6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto its place, into the debir of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

8And they had made the staves so long, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place in the front of the debir, but they were not seen without; and they have remained there until this day.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:20And the cherubim shall be spreading forth their wings on high, overshadowing the cover with their wings, with their faces turned one to the other; toward the cover shall the faces of the cherubim be directed.

1 Kings 6:27And 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.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:2-12

The Dedication of the Temple. ( b. c. 1003.) 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →

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