2 Chronicles 3:13

13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.^[a]

2 Chronicles 3:13 in Other Translations

13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.

13 So the wingspan of the two cherubim side by side was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced out toward the main room of the Temple.

13 They stood erect facing the main hall.

13 The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.

2 Chronicles 3:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:13

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:13 In-Context

11 The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.

12 Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.

13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.

14 He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked into it.

15 For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits long, each with a capital five cubits high.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 25:18

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "facing inward"