1 Kings 6:23

Overview - 1 Kings 6
The building of Solomon's temple.
The chambers thereof.
11 God's promise unto it.
15 The ceiling and adorning of it.
23 The cherubims.
31 The doors.
36 The court.
37 The time of building it.
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1 Kings 6:23  (King James Version)
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
 


two cherubims
These were distinct from, and much larger than those which covered the mercy-seat.
Genesis 3:24 ; Exodus 25:18-22 ; 37:7-9 2 Chronicles 3:10-13 ; Psalms 18:10 ; 80:1
Isaiah 37:16 ; Ezekiel 10:2-22 ; Hebrews 1:14 ; 1 Peter 1:12

olive tree
or, oily trees. Hebrew trees of oil.