1 Kings 6:27
He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, 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 middle of the house.
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In The King James Version
In Context
26One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.
28He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
Cross References
Exodus 37:9The cherubim spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces towards one another. The faces of the cherubim were towards the mercy seat.
1 Kings 8:7For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
2 Chronicles 5:8For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles 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 →