And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
2 Chronicles 3:10 belongs to the description of Solomon's temple, whose construction took seven years beginning in the fourth year of his reign, using materials prepared and gathered from the time of Samuel and David, with additional materials supplied as needed. It describes two large cherubim of olive wood made in carved or image work and overlaid with gold, placed in the temple's most holy place beside the spot where the ark was to rest. These cherubim were not part of the tabernacle but were particular to the temple.
The temple had two holy places, including a most holy place. It followed the same general plan as the tabernacle. Its larger and grander scale did not change this defining two-apartment feature. It had sacred vessels of the same kind and the same ministration as the tabernacle.
The temple was built according to God's pattern, the pattern David received by the Spirit. Like the tabernacle, it served as a pattern or model of the heavenly sanctuary, which therefore also has two holy places. Its two apartments correspond to the earthly pattern and support that conclusion about the heavenly sanctuary. The whole temple, not only its most holy place, was a pattern of the true sanctuary in heaven.
2 Chronicles 3:10 belongs to the description of Solomon's temple, whose construction took seven years beginning in the fourth year of his reign, using materials prepared and gathered from the time of Samuel and David, with additional materials supplied as needed. It describes two large cherubim of olive wood made in carved or image work and overlaid with gold, placed in the temple's most holy place beside the spot where the ark was to rest. These cherubim were not part of the tabernacle but were particular to the temple.
The temple had two holy places, including a most holy place. It followed the same general plan as the tabernacle. Its larger and grander scale did not change this defining two-apartment feature. It had sacred vessels of the same kind and the same ministration as the tabernacle.
The temple was built according to God's pattern, the pattern David received by the Spirit. Like the tabernacle, it served as a pattern or model of the heavenly sanctuary, which therefore also has two holy places. Its two apartments correspond to the earthly pattern and support that conclusion about the heavenly sanctuary. The whole temple, not only its most holy place, was a pattern of the true sanctuary in heaven.