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22 Then he overlaid the entire house with gold, until the whole house was finished. He also overlaid the entire [incense] altar which was by the Holy of Holies with gold.

23 Within the Holy of Holies he made two [a]cherubim (sculptured figures) of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 24 [b]One wing of the cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was also five cubits long; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:23 Cherubim is the Hebrew plural of “cherub.”
  2. 1 Kings 6:24 The repetitive language of the description emphasizes the size and grandeur of the cherubim.

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