1 Kings 6:28

The NET Bible®

He plated the cherubim with gold.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Hebrew Names Version
He overlaid the Keruvim with gold.

King James Version
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

English Standard Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New Century Version
These two creatures were covered with gold.

Amplified Bible
Solomon also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New American Standard Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he ouerlaied the Cherubims with golde.

Legacy Standard Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Contemporary English Version
The creatures were also covered with gold.

Complete Jewish Bible
He overlaid the k'ruvim with gold.

Darby Translation
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Easy-to-Read Version
The two Cherub angels were covered with gold.

George Lamsa Translation
And he overlaid the cherubim with pure gold.

Good News Translation
The two winged creatures were covered with gold.

Lexham English Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Literal Translation
And he overlaid the cherubs with gold.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he ouerlayed the Cherubins with golde.

American Standard Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Bible in Basic English
These winged ones were plated over with gold.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he ouerlayde the Cherubs with golde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

King James Version (1611)
And he ouerlayd the Cherubims with golde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And this work of the bases was formed with a border the them, and there was a border between the ledges.

English Revised Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Berean Standard Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he hilide the cherubyns with gold,

Young's Literal Translation
and he overlayeth the cherubs with gold,

Update Bible Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

World English Bible
He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New King James Version
Also he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New Living Translation
He overlaid the two cherubim with gold.

New Life Bible
He covered the cherubim with gold.

New Revised Standard
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

Revised Standard Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens. ¹⁶ He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. ¹⁷ The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long. ¹⁸ The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. ¹⁹ He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there. ²⁰ The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar. ²¹ Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold. ²² He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. ²³ In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high. ²⁴ Each of the first cherub's wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. Which may denote the purity and excellency of angels; or the precious gifts and graces of the Spirit, with which the witnesses of Christ are adorned.