2 Chronicles 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The wings of these cherubims. — Or, These wings of the cherubim.

Spread themselves forth.Were outspreading (participle), 1 Chronicles 28:18.

And they stood.Were standing. They were ten cubits high (1 Kings 6:26).

Inward. — See margin. Translate, toward the chamber. The cherubs did not face each other like the cherubim on the mercy seat (Exodus 25:20).

2 Chronicles 3:13

13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.e