2 Chronicles 3:10

2 Chronicles 3:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
• New International Version (NIV)For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid them with gold.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:10

8Now he made the room of the Holy of Holies: its length equaling the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with 600 talents of fine gold. 9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. And in the Holy of Holies he made two sculptured cherubim, and overlaid them with gold. 11The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits: one wing of one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the other cherub’s wing. 12The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the first cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:10 word by word

וַיַּ֜עַשׂ בְּבֵֽית־קֹ֤דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים֙ כְּרוּבִ֣ים שְׁנַ֔יִם מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה צַעֲצֻעִ֑ים וַיְצַפּ֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in the mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · Most Holy PlaceH6944
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• cherubimsכְּרוּבkerûb · cherubH3742
• of imageצַעֲצֻעִיםtsa‛tsûa‛ · imageH6816
• workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• and overlaidצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
• them with goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:10

• 1 Kings 6:23Within the Holy of Holies he made two cherubim (sculptured figures) of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The word translated “image work,” or, in the margin, “moveable work,” occurs only in this passage, and has not even a Hebrew derivation. Modern Hebraists find an Arabic derivation, and explain the word to mean “carved work.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-13The figures shaped like cherubim were made of expensive wild olive wood and covered with gold. Similar carvings have been found in Mesopotamia, Syria, and Canaan. These figures were a key feature of ancient thrones. Cherubim were creatures that combined the symbolism for royalty (lion) with strength (bull), speed (eagle), and wisdom (human). Ancient temples in Phoenicia show the deity's throne supported by two animals. The sides of ancient Canaanite…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. two cherubims--These figures in the tabernacle were of pure gold (Ex 25:1-40) and overshadowed the mercy seat. The two placed in the temple were made of olive wood, overlaid with gold. They were of colossal size, like the Assyrian sculptures; for each, with expanded wings, covered a space of ten cubits in height and length--two wings touched each other, while the other two reached the opposite walls; their faces were inward, that is, towards the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings