1 Kings 6:25

And the other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubims were of

. We also learn that they "stood on their feet" and, unlike the cherubim of the tabernacle, which faced each other ( Exodus 27:9 ), faced the throne, i.e; the cedar partition, and the east. The object of this arrangement probably was to enable the wings to be stretched out across the sanctuary. In the tabernacle the wings were "spread out on high" ( Exodus 25:20 ; Exodus 27:9 ). In both cases the ark and mercy seat were placed under the overshadowing wings ( 2 Chronicles 8:6 ). There would be a clear space of eight or nine cubits between the bodies of the cherubim, and the ark only measured 2.5 cubits ( Exodus 25:10 ) in length and 1.5 cubits in breadth. Unlike Ezekiel's cherubim (Ezekiel Ezekiel 1:1-28 , Ezekiel 10:1-22 ; cf. Revelation 4:7 ), these had apparently but one face. The cherub was not a simple, but a complex being, having no unalterable and fixed form. See Bähr, Symbolik, 1. pp. 313, 314; Dict. Bib. vol. 1. pp. 301-303.]