29And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
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It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; …
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-47)We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron , 1 Chron. 29:2. What those things were we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I. The brasier whom Solomon employed to preside in this part of the work was Hiram, or Huram (2 Chron.…
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