THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
It is clear that the author refers to Davir as the sacred, untouchable, and regal section of the temple, which Divine Scripture designates as the Holy of Holies.
2 Chronicles 5:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims:
וַיָּבִ֣יאוּ הַ֠כֹּהֲנִים אֶת־אֲר֨וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֧ה אֶל־מְקוֹמ֛וֹ אֶל־דְּבִ֥יר הַבַּ֖יִת אֶל־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקְּדָשִׁ֑ים אֶל־תַּ֖חַת כַּנְפֵ֥י הַכְּרוּבִֽים׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 132 (131):8
- Ex 37:6He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth.
- Ex 37:9Spreading their wings, and covering the propitiatory, and looking one towards the other, and towards it.
- Heb 9:4Having a golden censer and the ark of the testament covered about on every part with gold, in which was a golden pot that had manna and the rod of Aaron that had blossomed and the tables of the testament.
- Heb 9:5And over it were the cherubims of glory overshadowing the propitiatory: of which it is not needful to speak now particularly.
- 2 Chr 4:20The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.