2 Chronicles 3:10-17

10 For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.
11 The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits[a] 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.[b]
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[c] long, each with a capital five cubits high.
16 He made interwoven chains[d] and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.
17 He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[e] and the one to the north Boaz.[f]

Cross References 8

  • 1. Exodus 25:18
  • 2. S Exodus 25:18
  • 3. S Exodus 26:31,33; Hebrews 9:3
  • 4. Genesis 3:24
  • 5. S 1 Kings 7:15; Revelation 3:12
  • 6. 1 Kings 7:22
  • 7. 1 Kings 7:17
  • 8. S 1 Kings 7:20

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 15
  • [b]. Or "facing inward"
  • [c]. That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters
  • [d]. Or possibly "made chains in the inner sanctuary" ; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  • [e]. "Jakin" probably means "he establishes."
  • [f]. "Boaz" probably means "in him is strength."
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