2 Chronicles 5:7

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2 Chronicles 5:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

6 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

8 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

9 The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

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Psalms 132:8

Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

2 Chronicles 4:20

the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

Exodus 37:6

He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Exodus 37:7

He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

Exodus 37:8

one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

Exodus 37:9

And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

1 Kings 6:23

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

1 Kings 6:24

One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.

1 Kings 6:25

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

1 Kings 6:26

and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.

1 Kings 6:27

And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.

1 Kings 6:28

He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

1 Kings 8:6

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

1 Kings 8:7

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

Hebrews 9:4

containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

Hebrews 9:5

Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.