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1 Kings 6:25

in 1 Kings 6

The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

KJV

And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.

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This verse in 1 Kings 6

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 1.13.3 · Written before 735.

Two cherubim were made in order to signify a sharing in the same love of which we speak, because love cannot exist between fewer than two. Moreover, the reason why the Savior took care to send the disciples in twos to preach was that he …

This site's exposition

two cherubims of olive tree

on 1 Kings 6:23-28

The two olive wood cherubim stand ten cubits high with wings five cubits each, so that spread wing to wing they span the whole twenty cubit width of the oracle, one outer wing touching each wall and the two inner wings touching one another in the middle. The tabernacle's cherubim were a single small pair beaten out of one piece of gold and worked into the mercy seat itself at Exodus 25:18-20; these stand freestanding, carved of wood and overlaid with gold, built to the room's own scale. The image given a worshipper is of the whole space held under outstretched wings.

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The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְעֶ֙שֶׂר֙and [was] ten

    veeserH6235 →176 times

  • בָּֽאַמָּ֔הby the cubit

    baamahH520 →247 times

  • הַכְּר֖וּבthe cherub

    hakeruvH3742 →91 times

  • הַשֵּׁנִ֑י<the> second

    hasheniH8145 →156 times

  • מִדָּ֥הa measurement

    midahH4060 →55 times

  • אַחַ֛תone

    ʾachatH259 →971 times

  • וְקֶ֥צֶבand a shape

    veketzevH7095 →

  • אֶחָ֖דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • לִשְׁנֵ֥י[belonged] to [the] two

    lishneiH8147 →768 times

  • הַכְּרֻבִֽים׃the cherubim

    hakeruvimH3742 →91 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 6 →

This page draws on Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1.13.3; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.

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