Verse 27

1 Kings 6:27

English Revised Version

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27 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּתֵּ֨ן אֶת הַ/כְּרוּבִ֜ים בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ הַ/בַּ֣יִת הַ/פְּנִימִ֗י וַֽ/יִּפְרְשׂוּ֮ אֶת כַּנְפֵ֣י הַ/כְּרֻבִים֒ וַ/תִּגַּ֤ע כְּנַף הָֽ/אֶחָד֙ בַּ/קִּ֔יר וּ/כְנַף֙ הַ/כְּר֣וּב הַ/שֵּׁנִ֔י נֹגַ֖עַת בַּ/קִּ֣יר הַ/שֵּׁנִ֑י וְ/כַנְפֵי/הֶם֙ אֶל תּ֣וֹךְ הַ/בַּ֔יִת נֹגְעֹ֖ת כָּנָ֥ף אֶל כָּנָֽף

English Translation

And he placed the cherubim inside the inner house, and they spread out their wings so that one wing touched the wall, and the wing of the second cherub touched the wall of the second side, and their wings were touching each other in the middle of the house.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come ou... Focus ↗

2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and t... Focus ↗

3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the... Focus ↗

4 And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round... Focus ↗

5 The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was s... Focus ↗

6 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry: and there was n... Focus ↗

7 The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by windin... Focus ↗

8 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. Focus ↗

9 And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house... Focus ↗

10 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, Focus ↗

11 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my j... Focus ↗

12 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. Focus ↗

13 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. Focus ↗

14 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house unto th... Focus ↗

15 And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto... Focus ↗

16 And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long. Focus ↗

17 And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there wa... Focus ↗

18 And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of... Focus ↗

19 And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twen... Focus ↗

20 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the or... Focus ↗

21 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar th... Focus ↗

22 And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. Focus ↗

23 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from t... Focus ↗

24 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. Focus ↗

25 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. Focus ↗

26 And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth,... Focus ↗

27 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees...

28 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. Focus ↗

29 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive wood: the lintel and door posts were a fif... Focus ↗

30 So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and... Focus ↗

31 So also made he for the entering of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the... Focus ↗

32 and two doors of fir wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the ot... Focus ↗

33 And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and he overlaid them with gold fitte... Focus ↗

34 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams. Focus ↗

35 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv. Focus ↗

36 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throug... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 6 (36 verses)
Version: English Revised Version

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