2 Chronicles 5:8 - 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 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 out their wings over the place of the ark, making a covering above 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

so that the cherubim extended their wings over the place where the ark was positioned, and they covered the ark itself and its bars.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves.

2 Chronicles 5:8 Cross References

2 Chronicles 5:7

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.

2 Chronicles 5:9

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

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.