1 Kings 8:6 (WEB)
The priests brought in the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
Fathers and councils · 2
Cyril of Jerusalem
“I do not mean the invisible beings;—away with such a thought, O man,—but the sculptured images, and the mercy-seat, in the midst of which God spake with His voice.” — editor's note: R.C. “But those which had been constructed in the Temple, which were over the mercy-seat of the Ark.” Besides the two Cherubim of solid gold which Moses placed…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…Temple) that the ceremony of the Priests’ consecration lasted seven days; and seven that of the purifying of a leper, and that of the Dedication of the Temple the same number, and that in the seventieth year the people returned from the Captivity; that whatever is in Units may appear also in Decads, and the mystery…” — editor's note: 1 Kings viii. 6.
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Cross-references · 1
1 Kings 8:6 and 2 Chronicles 5:7 share the same wording (28 words).