2 Chronicles 3:10

10 1In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood[a] and overlaid[b] them with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:10

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:10 In-Context

8 And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents of fine gold.
9 The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold.
11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub;
12 and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub.

Cross References 1

  • 1. For ver. 10-13, see 1 Kings 6:23-28

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  • [b]. Hebrew they overlaid
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