1 Kings 6:27
And both the cherubs were in the midst of the innermost part of the house; and they spread out their wings, and one wing touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings in the midst of the house touched each other.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
26And the height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it with the second cherub.
28And he covered the cherubs with gold.
Cross References
Exodus 37:9and on the north side one hundred every way, and on the south side one hundred every way, and their posts twenty and their sockets twenty.
1 Kings 8:7For the cherubs + 8:7 pass. part. spread out with their wings. spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above.
2 Chronicles 5:8And the cherubs stretched out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs 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 →