King James Version
1 Kings 6:23 in the King James Version says “And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil”
1 Kings 6:23 · KJV
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of olive”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
“cubits”
H520properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
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