He overlaid also the house. — And he covered (2 Chronicles 3:5) the chamber — that is, the great chamber or Holy Place. (See 1 Kings 6:21-23.)
The beams. — Of the roof.
The posts. — The thresholds (Isaiah 6:4).
And graved cherubims on the walls. — See 1 Kings 6:29, which gives a fuller account of the mural decorations.
Cherubims. — Cherubim, or cherubs (Psalms 18:10). Cherubim is the Hebrew plural, for which we have the Chaldee (Aramaic) form “cherubin” in the Te Deum. Shakspeare has: —
“The roof of the chamber
With golden cherubins is fretted.”
Cymbeline, 2:4.
Why Reuss calls this sketch of the porch and nave “confused” is hardly evident.