1 Kings 8:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles.

American Standard Version (1901)

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

Common English Bible

The winged creatures spread their wings over the place where the chest rested, covering the chest and its carrying poles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For indeed, the cherubim extended their wings over the place of the ark, and they protected the ark and its bars from above.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the art, and the staves thereof above.

1 Kings 8:7 Cross References

1 Kings 6:27

And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

1 Kings 8:6

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

1 Kings 8:8

And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are, unto this day.

Exodus 25:20

And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

Isaiah 6:2

Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

Numbers 4:6

and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

Hebrews 9:5

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.