1 Kings 6:27
Good News Translation
They were placed side by side in the Most Holy Place, so that two of their outstretched wings touched each other in the middle of the room, and the other two wings touched the walls.

New Revised Standard Version
He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house; the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one was touching the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall; their other wings toward the center of the house were touching wing to wing.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon put them next to each other in the most holy place. Their wings were spread out and reached across the room.

New American Bible
He placed the cherubim in the inmost part of the house; the wings of the cherubim were spread wide, so that one wing of the first touched the side wall and the wing of the second touched the other wall; the wings pointing to the middle of the room touched each other.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he set the cherubims in the midst of the inner temple: and the cherubims stretched forth their wings, and the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall: and the other wings in the midst of the temple touched one another.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he set the cherubims in the midst of the inner temple: and the cherubims stretched forth their wings, and the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall: and the other wings in the midst of the temple touched one another.

Exodus 25:20 Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

Exodus 37:9 Spreading their wings, and covering the propitiatory, and looking one towards the other, and towards it.

2 Chronicles 3:11 The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 5:8 So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves.

Context
The Cherubim
26That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and in like manner the other cherub. 27And he set the cherubims in the midst of the inner temple: and the cherubims stretched forth their wings, and the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall: and the other wings in the midst of the temple touched one another.28And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.…
Cross References
Exodus 25:20
Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

Exodus 37:9
Spreading their wings, and covering the propitiatory, and looking one towards the other, and towards it.

1 Kings 6:26
That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and in like manner the other cherub.

1 Kings 6:28
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

1 Kings 8:6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims.

1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the ark, and the staves thereof above.

1 Kings 6:26
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