1 Kings 6:27
And he placed the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and the cherubim stretched forth their wings,—so that the wing of the one touched the [one] wall, and the wing of the other cherub, was touching the other wall,—and, their wings in the midst of the house, were touching, wing to wing.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
26The height of the one cherub, was ten cubits,—and, so, of the second cherub.
28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
Cross References
Exodus 37:9and the cherubim were spreading out their wings on high making a shelter with their wings over the propitiatory, with, their faces, one towards the other, towards the propitiatory, were the faces of the cherubim,
1 Kings 8:7For, the cherubim, were spreading forth their two wings, over the place of the ark,—and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and over the staves thereof, above.
2 Chronicles 5:8for the cherubim were spreading forth two wings, over the place of the ark,—so that the cherubim formed a covering over the ark and over the staves thereof, 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 →