1 Kings 8:7
5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
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.
8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
- ASV
- For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- DARBY
- for the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.
- BLB
- For the cherubim spread forth two wings toward the place of the ark, and the cherubim and they covered over the ark and its poles from above.
- ÅB
- For kjerubene bredte sine vinger ut over det sted hvor arken sto, så at kjerubene ovenfra dekket både over arken og dens stenger.
- OTB
- For kjerubene bredte sine vinger over arkens plass, og kjerubene dannet et dekke over arken og dens stenger ovenfra.
- B1930
- For kjerubene bredte sine vinger ut over det sted hvor arken stod, så at kjerubene ovenfra dekket både over arken og dens stenger.