1 Chronicles 28:18
in 1 Chronicles 28the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
KJV
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 28
Commentary
6 notes on this verseBesides the two cherubim over the mercy-seat, there were two much larger, whose wings reached from wall to wall ( 1 Kings vi. 23 , &c.), and of these David here gave Solomon the pattern, called a chariot; for the angels are the chariots of God, Ps. lxviii.
This site's exposition
gold by weight for things of gold
on 1 Chronicles 28:14-18
The gold and silver are itemized down to the weight of every candlestick, table, basin, fleshhook and bowl, an inventory with no equivalent in the account of Solomon's finished work in 1 Kings 7. The list culminates in the chariot of the cherubims, David's own name for the two large cherubim whose wings would span the holy of holies wall to wall, a detail Matthew Henry ties to the cherubim as the chariots of God in Psalm 68. Weight recorded this precisely turns the temple's furnishing from a builder's estimate into a document David could hand his son and say the LORD himself had numbered it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The chariot of the cherubims - “And the figure of the chariot, like to the figure of the propitiatory, where are the figures of the golden cherubim, extending their wings and covering the ark of the covenant of the Lord.” - T.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The chariot of the cherubims - The cherubim are themselves the chariot upon which Yahweh rides Psa 18:10; Psa 99:1.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְמִזְבַּ֧ח | ulemizbach | and for [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| הַקְּטֹ֛רֶת | haketoret | <the> incense | H7004 → | |
| זָהָ֥ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| מְזֻקָּ֖ק | mezukak | purified | H2212 → | |
| בַּמִּשְׁקָ֑ל | bamishkal | by <the> weight | H4948 → | 49 times |
| וּלְתַבְנִ֣ית | uletavnit | and <to> [the] pattern of | H8403 → | 20 times |
| הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה | hamerkavah | the chariot | H4818 → | |
| הַכְּרֻבִ֤ים | hakeruvim | the cherubim | H3742 → | |
| זָהָב֙ | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| לְפֹ֣רְשִׂ֔ים | leforesim | for spreading out | H6566 → | |
| וְסֹכְכִ֖ים | vesokhekhim | and covering | H5526 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲר֥וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| בְּרִית־ | berit- | [the] covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וּלְמִזְבַּ֧חand for [the] altar of
ulemizbachH4196 →401 times
הַקְּטֹ֛רֶת<the> incense
haketoretH7004 →
זָהָ֥בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
מְזֻקָּ֖קpurified
mezukakH2212 →
בַּמִּשְׁקָ֑לby <the> weight
bamishkalH4948 →49 times
וּלְתַבְנִ֣יתand <to> [the] pattern of
uletavnitH8403 →20 times
הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗הthe chariot
hamerkavahH4818 →
הַכְּרֻבִ֤יםthe cherubim
hakeruvimH3742 →
זָהָב֙gold
zahavH2091 →389 times
לְפֹ֣רְשִׂ֔יםfor spreading out
leforesimH6566 →
וְסֹכְכִ֖יםand covering
vesokhekhimH5526 →
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אֲר֥וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
בְּרִית־[the] covenant of
berit-H1285 →284 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 80:1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
it leads to
- Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- Psalms 77:20
You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Psalms 50:2
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
- Psalms 99:1
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
- 1 Peter 2:25
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- Revelation 21:23
Through
1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
it leads to
- Exodus 39:36
the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;
- Exodus 37:10–16
He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- 2 Chronicles 4:8
Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
- Exodus 39:36
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.