¹⁸ and refined gold by weight for the ^(A)altar of incense, and for the construction of the chariot, that is, the gold ^(B)cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

¹⁷ And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord ^(A)opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of ^(B)horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

⁶ Then it happened, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside the wheels. ⁷ And the cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire that was among the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed with linen, who took it and went out. ^8 (A)The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

^9 (B)And when I looked, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub; the wheels appeared to have the color of a ^(C)beryl stone. ¹⁰ As for their appearance, all four looked alike—as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.