1 Kings 6:23 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 6:23

And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

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ASV

And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

WEB

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.

YLT

And he maketh within the oracle two cherubs, of the oil-tree, ten cubits is their height;

DBT

And he made in the oracle two cherubim of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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Exodus 37:7–9
And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
Numbers 7:89
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
2 Chronicles 3:10
And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
2 Chronicles 5:7
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:
Psalms 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

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This most holy place was much larger than that in the tabernacle, and therefore the ark would have seemed lost in it, and the dead wall would have been unsightly, if it had not been thus adorned.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Cherubim - Besides those two made by Moses, Exod. xxv, 18, which were of gold, and far less than these. The Heathens set up images of their gods, and worshipped them. These were designed to represent the servants and attendants of the God of Israel, the holy angels, not to be worshipped themselves, but to shew how great he is whom we worship.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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