2 Chronicles 3 · Verse 10

2 Chronicles 3:10

And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:10, King James Version

2 Chronicles 3:10 in other translations

BSB	In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.
WEB	In the most holy place he made two cherubim by carving, and they overlaid them with gold.
ASV	And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
YLT	And he maketh in the most holy house two cherubs, image work, and he overlayeth them with gold;
DARBY	And in the house of the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work, and they overlaid them with gold.
BBE	And in the most holy place he made images of two winged beings, covering them with gold.
Webster	And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

What does 2 Chronicles 3:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 3:10-13

10-13. two cherubims--These figures in the tabernacle were of pure gold (Ex 25:1-40) and overshadowed the mercy seat. The two placed in the temple were made of olive wood, overlaid with gold. They were of colossal size, like the Assyrian sculptures; for each, with expanded wings, covered a space of ten cubits in height and length--two wings touched each other, while the other two reached the opposite walls; their faces were inward, that is, towards the most holy house, conformably to their use, which was to veil the ark. 2Ch 3:14-17. Veil and Pillars (see 1Ki 6:21). The united height is here given; and though the exact dimensions would be thirty-six cubits, each column was only seventeen cubits and a half, a half cubit being taken up by the capital or the base. They were probably described as they were lying together in the mould before they were set up [Poole]. They would be from eighteen to twenty-one feet in circumference, and stand forty feet in height. These pillars, or obelisks, as some call them, were highly ornamented, and formed an entrance in keeping with the splendid interior of the temple.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

2 Chronicles 3:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּ֜עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he madeH6213

בְּבֵֽית\־be.veit-in [the] house ofH1004

קֹ֤דֶשׁKo.desh[the] holy place ofH6944

הַקֳּדָשִׁים֙ha.ko.da.Shimthe holy placesH6944

כְּרוּבִ֣יםke.ru.VimcherubimH3742

שְׁנַ֔יִםshe.Na.yimtwoH8147

מַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.Seha work ofH4639

צַעֲצֻעִ֑יםtza.'a.tzu.'ImcastingsH6816

וַיְצַפּ֥וּvay.tza.Puand they overlaidH6823

אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853

זָהָֽב\׃za.HavgoldH2091

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 3:10

1 Kings 6:23-28
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. …
Exodus 25:18
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

two cherubims.
1Ki 6:23-28
image work. or, as some think, of movable work.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

2 Chronicles 3:9
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
2 Chronicles 3:10
And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
2 Chronicles 3:11
And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

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2 Chronicles 3:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y dentro del lugar santísimo hizo dos querubines de forma de niños, los cuales cubrieron de oro.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il fit dans la maison du lieu très saint deux chérubins, d’ouvrage de statuaire, et on les recouvrit d’or.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er machte im Hause des Allerheiligsten zwei Cherubim, ein Werk von Bildhauerarbeit; und man überzog sie mit Gold.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Fecit etiam in domo Sancti sanctorum cherubim duos, opere statuario: et texit eos auro.