Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
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Gill's Exposition
Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house,.... According to the Targum, it was the south side of the house; and so Jarchi interprets it opposite to the north, where the gross idolatries…
Barnes' Notes
On the right side - On the south Eze 47:2. The idolatries had been seen on the north side. On the south stood the “cherubim” ready to receive and bear away the glory of the Lord.
Adam Clarke
On the right side of the house - The right hand always marked the south among the Hebrews.
To inspire us with a holy awe and dread of God, and to fill us with his fear, we may observe, in this part of the vision which the prophet had,
I. The glorious appearance of his majesty. Something of…
Cambridge Bible
the right side of the house i.e. on the south of the temple proper. It is difficult to see any significance in the position of the cherubim, except that the south side of the house was more in the…