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

6King Solomon and all the Israelites who were with him walked in front of the Covenant Box. They offered many sheep and bulls as sacrifices. There were more animals than anyone could count. 7Then the priests brought the Lord's Covenant Box to its proper place in the inside room of the temple. That was the Most Holy Place. They put it under the wings of the cherubs. The wings of the cherubs touched each other above the place where the Covenant Box was. The cherubs covered the Covenant Box and the poles that the Levites used to carry it. 9The poles in the Covenant Box were very long. The priests could see their ends from the Holy Place, if they stood in front of the Most Holy Place. But nobody could see the poles from outside the temple. And they are still there today. 10There was nothing in the Covenant Box, except the two flat pieces of stone that Moses had put there at Sinai mountain. That was where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out from 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the cherubimsכְּרוּבkerûb · cherubH3742
• spread forthפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• wingsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• over the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• of the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• and the stavesבַּדbad · alone: poleH905
• thereof aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 5:8

• Exodus 25:12Make four gold rings and fix them to the four feet of the box. Fix two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.
• Exodus 37:3He made four gold rings for it and he fixed them to its four feet. He fixed two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.
• Numbers 4:6Then they must cover the curtain with good leather. On the top of that, they must put a blue cloth. Then, they must put the poles through the rings, so that they can carry the Covenant Box.

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