2 Chronicles 5:8

2 Chronicles 5:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
• New International Version (NIV)The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

Context of 2 Chronicles 5:8

6And king Solomon, and all the assembly of Israel, that were assembled to him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude. 7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim; and the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above. 9And the staves were long, so that the ends of the staves were seen outside the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there they are to this day. 10There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 5:8 word by word

וַיִּהְי֤וּ הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם עַל־מְק֖וֹם הָאָר֑וֹן וַיְכַסּ֧וּ הַכְּרוּבִ֛ים עַל־הָאָר֥וֹן וְעַל־בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃Read the interlinear

• cherubimכְּרוּבkerûb · cherubH3742
• wingsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 5:8

• Exodus 25:12And cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] at the four corners thereof, that two rings may be upon the one side thereof and two rings upon the other side thereof.
• Exodus 37:3And he cast for it four rings of gold, for its four corners: two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
• Numbers 4:6and shall put thereon a covering of badgers' skin, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put its staves [to it].

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 5:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The giant cherubim symbolized God's universal and eternal rule.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 5:8

• Ark
• Cherubim
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Ark of the Covenant
• Cherubim (1)
• Temple
• Worship

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 5

• 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