1 Kings 6:23

And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

In Context

24And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five cubits; ten cubits + 6:24 Gr. from the tip of his wing to the tip of his wing. from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:24And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.

Exodus 25:20The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory.

2 Chronicles 3:10And he made two cherubs in the most holy house, wood-work, and he gilded them with gold.

Psalms 80:1Rejoice you⌃ in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob. 1

Ezekiel 10:2And he said to the man clothed with the long robe, Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubs, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter them over the city. And he went in my sight.

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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