2 Chronicles 5:8
Context5:8 The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. 1
2 Chronicles 9:18
Context9:18 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. 2 The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. 3


[5:8] 1 sn These poles were used to carry the ark. The Levites were to carry it with the poles on their shoulders. See Exod 25:13-15; 1 Chr 15:15.
[9:18] 2 tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:19 has instead “and the back of it was rounded on top.”
[9:18] 3 tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”