1 Kings 6:23
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And he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive tree, of ten cubits in height.

Genesis 3:24 And he cast out Adam: and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Exodus 25:18-22 Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle. . . .

Exodus 37:7-9 Two cherubims also of beaten gold, which he set on the two sides of the propitiatory: . . .

2 Chronicles 3:10-13 He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work: and he overlaid them with gold. . . .

Psalm 18:10 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.

Psalm 80:1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. [2] Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth

Isaiah 37:16 Lord of hosts, God of Israel who sitteth upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.

Ezekiel 10:2 And he spoke to the man, that was clothed with linen, and said: Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubims and fill thy hand with the coals of fire that are between the cherubims, and pour them out upon the city. And he went in, in my sight:

Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for them who shall receive the inheritance of salvation?

1 Peter 1:12 To whom it was revealed that, not to themselves but to you, they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you: the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look.

olive tree.

Context
The Cherubim
23And he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive tree, of ten cubits in height.24One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub was five cubits: that is, in all ten cubits, from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other wing.…
Cross References
Exodus 37:7
Two cherubims also of beaten gold, which he set on the two sides of the propitiatory:

1 Kings 6:24
One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub was five cubits: that is, in all ten cubits, from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other wing.

1 Kings 6:31
And in the entrance of the oracle, he made little doors of olive tree, and posts of five corners,

1 Kings 6:32
And two doors of olive tree: and he carved upon them figures of cherubims, and figures of palm trees, and carvings very much projecting; and he overlaid them with gold: and he covered both the cherubims and the palm trees, and the other things, with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:10
He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work: and he overlaid them with gold.

Lexicon
In the inner sanctuary
בַּדְּבִ֔יר (bad·də·ḇîr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1687: Perhaps (a place of) speaking (the innermost room of Solomon's temple)

he made
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

two
שְׁנֵ֥י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

cherubim,
כְרוּבִ֖ים (ḵə·rū·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

[each] ten
עֶ֥שֶׂר (‘e·śer)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

cubits
אַמּ֖וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

high,
קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃ (qō·w·mā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6967: Height

out of olive
שָׁ֑מֶן (šā·men)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

wood.
עֲצֵי־ (‘ă·ṣê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood


Additional Translations
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.

And he made in the oracle two cherubim of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

And he maketh within the oracle two cherubs, of the oil-tree, ten cubits is their height;
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