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2 Chronicles 5:8

6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

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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.

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  • Exodus 37:3–5

    And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.

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  • Exodus 25:12–15

    And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

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  • Numbers 4:6

    And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

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