2 Chronicles 5:8
6 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
9 The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
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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 wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- WEB
- For the cherubim spread out their wings 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
- and the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.
- BLB
- And the cherubim were spreading out wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim 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 strakte sine vinger over arkens plass, slik at kjerubene skapte et dekke over arken og dens stenger.
- B1930
- For kjerubene bredte sine vinger ut over det sted hvor arken stod, så at kjerubene ovenfra dekket både over arken og dens stenger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 37:3–5
And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
Read in contextExodus 25:12–15
Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
Read in contextNumbers 4:6
They are to place over this a covering of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles.
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