1 Kings 6:26

1 Kings 6:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:26

The height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it]
of the other cherub.
] Which is repeated from ( 1 Kings 6:23 ) ; that it might be observed, being of an extraordinary size.

1 Kings 6:26 In-Context

24 The outstretched wings of the cherubim (they were identical in size and shape) measured another fifteen feet. He placed the two cherubim, their wings spread, in the Inner Sanctuary. The combined wingspread stretched the width of the room, the wing of one cherub touched one wall, the wing of the other the other wall, and the wings touched in the middle.
28 The cherubim were gold plated.
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