1 Kings 6:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He put the cherubim in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 25:20 : 20 The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.
  • Exod 37:9 : 9 The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid.
  • 2 Chr 5:8 : 8 The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.
  • 1 Kgs 8:7 : 7 The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.
  • 2 Chr 3:11 : 11 The combined wing span of the cherubim was 30 feet. One of the first cherub’s wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub’s wings.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 88%

    10In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

    11The combined wing span of the cherubim was 30 feet. One of the first cherub’s wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub’s wings.

    12Likewise one of the second cherub’s wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub’s wings.

    13The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward.

    14He made the curtain out of blue, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.

  • 87%

    23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

    24Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.

    25The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape.

    26Each cherub stood 15 feet high.

  • 84%

    28He plated the cherubim with gold.

    29On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

    30He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.

  • Exod 37:7-9
    3 verses
    82%

    7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid,

    8one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its two ends.

    9The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

  • 81%

    18You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.

    19Make one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end; from the atonement lid you are to make the cherubim on the two ends.

    20The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

  • 1 Kgs 8:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

    7The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

  • 2 Chr 5:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubim.

    8The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

  • 23Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

  • 7He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

  • 3(The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)

  • 11Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.

  • 5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the Sovereign God when he speaks.

  • 2Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.

  • 75%

    17to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.

    18It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

  • 35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

  • Ezek 10:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Then one of the cherubim stretched out his hand toward the fire which was among the cherubim. He took some and put it into the hands of the man dressed in linen, who took it and left.

    8(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)

  • 1 Kgs 6:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

    6The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

  • 22Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

  • Ezek 1:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

    9their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.

  • 36He engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.

  • 16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.

  • 20from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

  • 72%

    16He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.

    17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

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    18Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

    19The cherubim spread their wings, and they rose up from the earth while I watched(when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD’s temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

  • 32On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubim and the palm trees with hammered gold.

  • 21Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings.

  • 6but each had four faces and four wings.

  • 5Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10½ feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.

  • 19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there.