2 Chronicles 5:8 KJV

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

Matthew Henry

  • The ark placed in the templeThe ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world,...

Cross References

  • Exodus 25:12–15 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. …
  • Exodus 37:3–5 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. …
  • Numbers 4:6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

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Topics

  • Ark Transferred to Solomon’s temple
  • Cherubim The ark of the covenant rested beneath the wings of
  • Temple The ark of the covenant

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • SolomonKing of Israel · 1015–975 BC

Timeline

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • For the cherubims וַיִּהְיוּ wayyihyû Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and הַכְּרוּבִים hakkĕrûbîm כְּרוּב Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • spread forth פֹּרְשִׂים pōrĕśîm פָּרַשׂ Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural
  • wings כְּנָפַיִם kĕnāpayim כָּנָף Noun · feminine dual
  • over the place עַל ʿal Preposition מְקוֹם mĕqôm מָקוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of the ark הָאָרוֹן hāʾārôn אָרוֹן Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • and the cherubims הַכְּרוּבִים hakkĕrûbîm כְּרוּב Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • covered וַיְכַסּוּ waykassû כָּסָה Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • the ark הָאָרוֹן hāʾārôn אָרוֹן Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • and the staves בַּדָּיו baddāyw בַּד Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • thereof above עַל ʿal Preposition וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and מִלְמָעְלָה milmāʿĕlâ מַעַל Adverb · with preposition, preposition, ending: toward

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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