And [it was] made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree [was] between a cherub and a cherub; and [every] cherub had two faces;
Ver. 18. And it was made with cherubims and palm trees.] Viz., Upon the partition walls. This was to teach Christians, who are the temples of God, (1.) To live like angels for holiness; (2.) To suffer, as palm trees, any pressures or pains for his sake with invincible patience. a By their piety in their lives, and patience at their death, the primitive Christians won much upon their persecutors.
a Pressa sub ingenti ceu pondere palma virescit. - Plin., lib. xiii. cap. 4. Sub cruce sic florent dedita corda Deo.