overlaid: Exodus 26:29; 1 Kings 6:20-22, 1 Kings 6:30; Ezekiel 7:20
graved cherubims: Exodus 26:1; 1 Kings 6:35
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2 Chronicles 3:7
2 Chronicles 3:7
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