2 Chronicles 3:13 Meaning and Explanation
“The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The cherubim stand upright, wings spread the full width, their faces turned inward toward the holy place.
What Does 2 Chronicles 3:13 Mean?
The Chronicler sums it up: the wings together span twenty cubits, the cherubim stand on their feet, and their faces look inward, toward the room and the ark at its heart. They are attentive, poised, turned toward the place of God's presence.
Their inward gaze is the posture of worship, faces fixed on the holy center rather than wandering. Standing ready on their feet, they model the creature's proper stance before the Creator: alert, reverent, attentive. To behold God is the joy for which both angels and men were made, and these golden watchers keep that gaze forever.
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What does 2 Chronicles 3:13 mean?
The cherubim stand upright, wings spread the full width, their faces turned inward toward the holy place.