1 Kings 8:7

New English Translation

The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:27

He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room.

1 Kings 8:6

The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

1 Kings 8:8

The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day.

Exodus 25:20

The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

Isaiah 6:2

Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.

Numbers 4:6

Then 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.

Hebrews 9:5

And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.