"For the cherubims spread forth {their} wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves…" — 2 Chronicles 5:8

2 Chronicles 5:8 · 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.”

— 2 Chronicles 5:8

Verse 7

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy {place, even} under the wings of the cherubims:

Verse 9

And they drew out the staves {of the ark}, 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. {there...: or, they are there}

2 Chronicles 5 — Context

Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy {place, even} under the wings of the cherubims:

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

{There was} nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put {therein} at Horeb, when the LORD made {a covenant} with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. {when the LORD: or, where, etc}

Cross References

Numbers 4:6

And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over {it} a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

Exodus 37:3-5

And he cast for it four rings of gold, {to be set} by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.

Exodus 25:12-15

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put {them} in the four corners thereof; and two rings {shall be} in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.