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2 Chronicles 3:13

So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cherubim;   Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ezekiel, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cherub, Cherubim;   Nave;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Azariah;   Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   Temple;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cherub;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cherubim (1);   Holy of Holies;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cherub;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.
Hebrew Names Version
The wings of these Keruvim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
King James Version
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
English Standard Version
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
New Century Version
Together, the creatures' wings were thirty feet across. The creatures stood on their feet, facing the main room.
New English Translation
The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward.
Amplified Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, their faces toward the Holy Place (the main room).
New American Standard Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.
World English Bible
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The wings of these Cherubims were spread abroade twentie cubites: they stoode on their feete, and their faces were toward the house.
Legacy Standard Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.
Complete Jewish Bible
The wings of these k'ruvim spread out over thirty-five feet. They stood on their feet with their faces turned inward.
Darby Translation
The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the wings of the two Cherub angels together reached across the room—a total of 20 cubits. The Cherub angels stood facing the Holy Place.
George Lamsa Translation
The wings of these cherubim were spread forth twenty cubits; they stood on their feet and their faces were inward.
Lexham English Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they were standing on their feet, their faces toward the house.
Literal Translation
The wings of these cherubs spread out twenty cubits, and they were standing on their feet, and their faces were inward.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that these wynges of the Cherubins were spred out twentye cubites wyde. And they stode vpo their fete, and their face was turned to the house warde.
American Standard Version
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Bible in Basic English
Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So that the wynges of the sayde Cherubs were stretched out twentie cubites: and they stoode on their feete, and loked inwardes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
King James Version (1611)
The wings of these Cherubims spread themselues forth twentie cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
English Revised Version
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the wyngis of euer eithir cherub weren spred abrood, and weren holdun forth bi twenti cubitis; sotheli thilke cherubyns stoden on the feet reisid, and her faces weren turned to the outermere hows.
Update Bible Version
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Webster's Bible Translation
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces [were] inward.
New King James Version
The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward.
New Living Translation
So the wingspan of the two cherubim side by side was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced out toward the main room of the Temple.
New Life Bible
The wings of these cherubim spread as far as ten long steps. And they stood on their feet with their faces toward the holy place.
New Revised Standard
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the wings of these cherubim, outspread, were twenty cubits, - and, they themselves, were standing upon their feet, and, their faces, were inward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.
Revised Standard Version
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
Young's Literal Translation
The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.

Contextual Overview

10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold. 11The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub. 12The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the house, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub. 13So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it. 15In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits. 16He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. 17Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

inward: or, toward the house, Exodus 25:20

Reciprocal: Psalms 97:7 - worship

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
"You will not surely die," the serpent told her.
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:9
So the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:10
"I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied, "and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."
Genesis 3:12
And the man answered, "The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
Genesis 44:15
"What is this deed you have done?" Joseph declared. "Did you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?"
1 Samuel 13:11
"What have you done?" Samuel asked. And Saul replied, "When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
2 Samuel 3:24
So Joab went to the king and said, "What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
John 18:35
"Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?"
1 Timothy 2:14
And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their faces were inward - literally, as in the margin. Instead of looking toward one another, with heads bent downward over the mercy Seat, like the cherubim of Moses Exodus 37:9, these of Solomon looked out from the sanctuary into the great chamber (“the house”). The cherubim thus stood upright on either side of the ark, like two sentinels guarding it.


 
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