1 Kings 6:23
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New International Version (©1984)
In the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He made two cherubim of wild olive wood, each 15 feet tall, and placed them in the inner sanctuary.

English Standard Version (©2001)
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
In the inner room he made two 15-foot-tall angels out of olive wood.

King James Bible
And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

American King James Version
And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

American Standard Version
And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

Bible in Basic English
In the inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive tree, of ten cubits in height.

Darby Bible Translation
And he made in the oracle two cherubim of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

English Revised Version
And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

Webster's Bible Translation
And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

World English Bible
In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh within the oracle two cherubs, of the oil-tree, ten cubits is their height;

Geneva Study Bible

And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

Wesley's Notes

6:23 Cherubim - Besides those two made by Moses, Exod 25:18, which were of gold, and far less than these. The Heathens set up images of their gods, and worshipped them. These were designed to represent the servants and attendants of the God of Israel, the holy angels, not to be worshipped themselves, but to shew how great he is whom we worship.

King James Translators' Notes

olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:15-38 See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy temple in the Lord, enriched and beautified with the gifts and graces of the Spirit. This temple is built firm, upon a Rock. 4. Heaven is the everlasting temple. There the church will be fixed. All that shall be stones in that building, must, in the present state of preparation, be fitted and made ready for it. Let sinners come to Jesus as the living Foundation, that they may be built on him, a part of this spiritual house, consecrated in body and soul to the glory of God.


Exodus 37:7 He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat;
2 Chronicles 3:10 Then he made two sculptured cherubim in the room of the holy of holies and overlaid them with gold. (NASB ©1995)

Cherubim Cherubs Cubits Height High Inmost Inner Maketh Oil-Tree Olive Olivewood Olive-Wood Oracle Pair Room Sanctuary Ten Tree Winged Within Wood


And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

two cherubims These were distinct from, and much larger than those which covered the mercy-seat. Ge 3:24 Ex 25:18-22 37:7-9 2Ch 3:10-13 Ps 18:10 80:1 Isa 37:16 Eze 10:2 Heb 1:14 1Pe 1:12

olive tree. or, oily trees. [heb] trees of oil

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