2 Chronicles 5:8

8 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.

2 Chronicles 5:8 in Other Translations

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

8 The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.

8 The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles.

8 The outspread wings of the cherubim formed a canopy over the Chest and its poles.

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

8 The angels' outstretched wings were over the place where the ark [rested] so that the angels became a covering above the ark and its poles.

8 And the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark so that the cherubim formed a cover above the ark and its poles.

8 The cherubim's wings were spread out over the place where the ark was. They covered the ark. They also covered the poles that were used to carry it.

2 Chronicles 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:8

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 5:8 In-Context

6 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.

7 The priests then brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

8 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.

9 These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.

10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 3:24