1 Kings 8:7

King James Version (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.

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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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1 Kings 8:7 in every translation

KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
ASV American Standard Version: For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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;
DBY Darby Translation: for the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.
WBS Webster Bible: For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staffs thereof above.