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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles.

Context of 2 Chronicles 5:8

6And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. 7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. 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. 9And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day. 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people 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

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 25:12You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
• Exodus 37:3And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.
• Numbers 4:6Then they shall put on it a covering of goatskin and spread on top of that a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.

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