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

6Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. 7The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs. The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. 9The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day. 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. (It was there that the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land 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 are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.
• Exodus 37:3He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.
• Numbers 4:6Then they must put over it a covering of fine leather and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue, and then they must insert 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