1 Kings 6 · Verse 26

1 Kings 6:26

The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
1 Kings 6:26, King James Version

1 Kings 6:26 in other translations

BSBand the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
WEBOne cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.
ASVThe height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
YLTthe height of the one cherub is ten by the cubit, and so is the second cherub;
DARBYThe height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so of the other cherub.
BBEThe two of them were ten cubits high.
WebsterThe hight of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.

What does 1 Kings 6:26 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits - Concerning the cherubs, their form, etc., see my note on Exo 25:18 (note). The height of each cherub was about eighteen feet and three inches.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:15-38

See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical…

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1 Kings 6:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קוֹמַת֙ko.Mat[the] height ofH6967
הַכְּר֣וּבha.ke.Ruvthe cherubH3742
הָֽאֶחָ֔דha.'e.Chad<the> oneH259
עֶ֖שֶׂר'E.ser[was] tenH6235
בָּֽאַמָּ֑הba.'a.Mahby the cubitH520
וְכֵ֖ןve.Khenand thusH3651
הַכְּר֥וּבha.ke.Ruvthe cherubH3742
הַשֵּׁנִֽי\׃ha.she.Ni<the> secondH8145

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 1 Kings 6:25

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

  • 1 Kings 6:26

    The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.

  • 1 Kings 6:27

    And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

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1 Kings 6:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La altura del uno era de diez codos, y asimismo el otro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La hauteur d’un chérubin était de dix coudées, et de même celle de l’autre chérubin.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Höhe des einen Cherubs war zehn Ellen, und ebenso die des anderen Cherubs.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
id est, altitudinem habebat unus cherub decem cubitorum, et similiter cherub secundus.