1 Kings 8:7 (GNV)

Passage

For ye Cherubims stretched out their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke, and the barres thereof aboue.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:5 And King Salomon and all the Congregation of Israel, that were assembled vnto him, were with him before the Arke, offering sheepe and beeues, which could not be tolde, nor nombred for multitude.

1 Kings 8:6 So the Priestes brought the Arke of the couenant of the Lord vnto his place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, euen vnder the wings of the Cherubims.

1 Kings 8:7 For ye Cherubims stretched out their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke, and the barres thereof aboue.

1 Kings 8:8 And they drewe out the barres, that the endes of the barres might appeare out of the Sanctuarie before the oracle, but they were not seene without: and there they are vnto this day.

1 Kings 8:9 Nothing was in the Arke saue the two tables of stone which Moses had put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a couenant with the children of Israel, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cherubims", "stretched", "wings", "ouer", "place", "arke", and "couered". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cherubims" and "stretched", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "So the Priestes brought the Arke of..." into verse 8's "And they drewe out the barres that...", so "cherubims" and "stretched" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cherubims" and "stretched" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.