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1 Kings 6:23

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

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  1. 1 Kings 6:21

    So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

  2. 1 Kings 6:22

    And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

  3. 1 Kings 6:24

    And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

  4. 1 Kings 6:25

    And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.