2 Chronicles 3:10
And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
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Barnes' Notes
The word translated “image work,” or, in the margin, “moveable work,” occurs only in this passage, and has not even a Hebrew derivation. Modern Hebraists find an Arabic derivation, and explain the…
Here is an account of 1. The two cherubim, which were set up in the holy of holies. There were two already over the ark, which covered the mercy-seat with their wings; these were small ones. Now that…
The Cherubim
10. of image work Both the meaning of the phrase and the reading are doubtful; LXX. ἔργον ἐκ ξύλων; 1Ki 6:23, of olive wood(R.V.).
and overlaid R.V. and they overlaid; but the singular is…