He overlaid also the house.And he covered (2 Chronicles 3:5) the chamber — that is, the great chamber or Holy Place. (See 1 Kings 6:21.)

The beams. — Of the roof.

The posts.The thresholds (Isaiah 6:4).

And graved cherubims on the walls. — See 1 Kings 6:29, which gives a fuller account of the mural decorations.

Cherubims.Cherubim, or cherubs (Psalms 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.

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