1 Kings 8:7 - Printer Friendly

ESV: For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

NIV: The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles.

NASB: For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its carrying poles from above.

CSB: For the cherubim were spreading their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above.

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

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

NKJV: For the cherubim spread their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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