The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Their faces were inward - literally, as in the margin. Instead of looking toward one another, with heads bent downward over the mercy Seat, like the cherubim of Moses Exodus 37:9, these of Solomon looked out from the sanctuary into the great chamber ("the house"). The cherubim thus stood upright on either side of the ark, like two sentinels guarding it.
3:13 Inward - Heb. towards the house, that is, the most holy house.