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2 Chronicles 5:8

World English Bible

For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.

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2 Chronicles 5:8 in other translations

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

2 Chronicles 5:8 · American Standard Version

2 Chronicles 5:8 in context

  1. 6King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
  2. 7The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
  3. 8For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
  4. 9The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary; but they were not seen outside; and it is there to this day.
  5. 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.