1 Kings 6:27

And they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims Which is the frequent Hebrew form of expressing the cherubim stretched forth their wings. So R.V. On the way in which these cherubim were placed see below on 1 Kings 8:6. It would seem as if in Solomon's Temple the cherubim did not face one another, as they are expressly said to have done in the Mosaic tabernacle (Exodus 25:20).