1 Kings 6:23
1 Kings chapter 6 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
Context
v.22And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
v.23This passage
v.24And 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 10:2
And he spake unto the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
- Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?
- Psalms 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.
- Isaiah 37:16
O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
- Exodus 37:7
And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
- 1 Peter 1:12
To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.