Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 3:7
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
7. the posts ] R.V. the thresholds.
cherubims ] Under what form these mysterious beings were represented in the Temple is not known. It has been said that the winged bull of the Assyrian sculptures was sometimes called kirubu in Assyrian. If this be true, then cherub is perhaps a word borrowed from the Assyrian, and the cherubs in the Temple may have had the form of winged bulls. But nothing is certainly known on this subject.
The graving of the cherubim was not necessarily a breach of the Second Commandment, for they were not put up to “bow down to” or to “serve.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 2Ch 3:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) He overlaid also the house.And he covered (2Ch. 3:5) the chamberthat is, the great chamber or Holy Place. (See 1Ki. 6:21-23.)
The beams.Of the roof.
The posts.The thresholds (Isa. 6:4).
And graved cherubims on the walls.See 1Ki. 6:29, which gives a fuller account of the mural decorations.
Cherubims.Cherubim, or cherubs (Psa. 18:10). Cherubim is the Hebrew plural, for which we have the Chaldee (Aramaic) form cherubin in the Te Deum. Shakspeare has:
The roof of the chamber
With golden cherubins is fretted.
Cymbeline, 2:4.
Why Reuss calls this sketch of the porch and nave confused is hardly evident.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
Ver. 7. He overlaid also the house. ] All the inside of it. Let us spare for no cost, ut aureos et argenteos animos, hoc est, variis virtutibus excultos habeamus. a Gold and silver will perish, though they be tried in the fire; 1Pe 1:7 so will not true grace: it will one day be glory.
And graved cherubims.
a Lavat.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
posts = thresholds.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
overlaid: Exo 26:29, 1Ki 6:20-22, 1Ki 6:30, Eze 7:20
graved cherubims: Exo 26:1, 1Ki 6:35
Reciprocal: 1Ki 6:21 – overlaid 1Ki 6:22 – also Eze 41:2 – the door Eze 41:18 – with cherubims