He also overlaid the house with gold—the beams, the thresholds and its walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

Then he made two sculptured cherubim in the room of the holy of holies and overlaid them with gold.

The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub.

The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.

He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim.

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles.