1 Kings 8:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.”
1 Kings 8:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 8:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 8:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.”
1 Kings 8:7 — World English Bible
1 Kings 8:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. ”
1 Kings 8:7 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 8:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above;”
1 Kings 8:7 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 8:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“for the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above. ”
1 Kings 8:7 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 8:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For ye Cherubims stretched out their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke, and the barres thereof aboue.”
1 Kings 8:7 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 8:7 in Context — 1 Kings 8
5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
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What Does 1 Kings 8:7 Mean?
1 Kings 8:7 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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