1 Kings 8:7
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For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the ark, and the staves thereof above.

Context
The Ark Enters the Temple
6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims. 7For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the ark, and the staves thereof above.8And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without, in the sanctuary before the oracle, but were not seen farther out, and there they have been unto this day.…
Cross References
Hebrews 9:5
And over it were the cherubims of glory overshadowing the propitiatory: of which it is not needful to speak now particularly.

Exodus 25:20
Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

1 Kings 6:27
And he set the cherubims in the midst of the inner temple: and the cherubims stretched forth their wings, and the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall: and the other wings in the midst of the temple touched one another.

1 Kings 8:6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims.

1 Kings 8:8
And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without, in the sanctuary before the oracle, but were not seen farther out, and there they have been unto this day.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the cherubim
הַכְּרוּבִים֙ (hak·kə·rū·ḇîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

spread
פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים (pō·rə·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6566: To break apart, disperse

their wings
כְּנָפַ֔יִם (kə·nā·p̄a·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

over
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the place
מְק֖וֹם (mə·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

of the ark
הָאָר֥וֹן (hā·’ā·rō·wn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark

and overshadowed
וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ (way·yā·sōk·kū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5526: To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protect

the ark
הָֽאָר֑וֹן (hā·’ā·rō·wn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark

and
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

its poles.
בַּדָּ֖יו (bad·dāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of


Additional Translations
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

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

For the cherubs spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above.

for the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

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

For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staffs thereof above.

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.

for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above;
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