He also overlaid the house, the beams, the thresholds, its walls, and its doors with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.
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He also overlaid the house, the beams, the thresholds, its walls, and its doors with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.
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He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
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He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.
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- 1 Kings 6:20-22 Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar. So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold. He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.
- Exodus 26:1 “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. You shall make them with the work of a skillful workman.
- Exodus 26:29 You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars. You shall overlay the bars with gold.
- 1 Kings 6:29-35 He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside. He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside. For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall. So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. He also did so for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall; and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
- Ezekiel 7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein. Therefore I have made it to them as an unclean thing.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams,…
2Ch 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
Ver. 7. He overlaid also the house.] All the inside of it. Let us spare for no cost, ut aureos et argenteos animos, hoc est, variis virtutibus excultos habeamus. {a} Gold and silver will perish, though they be tried in the fire; {1Pe 1:7} so will not true grace: it will one day be glory.
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And graved cherubims.] See 1Ki 6:23. Angels are present in the assemblies of God’s people.
{a} Lavat.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. the posts] R.V. the thresholds.
7. the posts] R.V. the thresholds.
cherubims] Under what form these mysterious beings were represented in the Temple is not known. It has been said that the winged bull of the Assyrian sculptures was sometimes called kirubu in Assyrian. If this be true, then cherub is perhaps a word borrowed from the Assyrian, and the cherubs in the Temple may have had the form of winged bulls. But nothing is certainly known on this subject.
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The graving of the cherubim was not necessarily a breach of the Second Commandment, for they were not put up to “bow down to” or to “serve.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) He overlaid also the house.—And he covered (2Ch_3:5)…
(7) He overlaid also the house.—And he covered (2Ch_3:5) the chamber—that is, the great chamber or Holy Place. (See 1Ki_6:21-23.)
The beams.—Of the roof.
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The posts.—The thresholds (Isa_6:4).
And graved cherubims on the walls.—See 1Ki_6:29, which gives a fuller account of the mural decorations.
Cherubims.—Cherubim, or cherubs (Psa_18:10). Cherubim is the Hebrew plural, for which we have the Chaldee (Aramaic) form “cherubin” in the Te Deum. Shakspeare has:—
“The roof of the chamber
With golden cherubins is fretted.”
Cymbeline, 2:4.
Why Reuss calls this sketch of the porch and nave “confused” is hardly evident.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And graved cherubim. In the parallel this statement is…
And graved cherubim. In the parallel this statement is placed in company with that respecting the "palms and flowers." Layard tells us that all the present description of decoration bears strong resemblance to the Assyrian. There can be no difficulty in imagining this, both in other respects, and in connection with the fact that foreigners, headed by the chief designer Hiram, had so large a share in planning the details of temple workmanship.
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