King James Version
1 Kings 8:7 in the King James Version says “For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the stav...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.”
1 Kings 8:7 · KJV
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. ends: Heb. heads holy: or, ark
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. when the: or, where the
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(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“their two wings”
H3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna
“over the place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
“covered”
H5526properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and the staves”
H905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
“thereof above”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
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