Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 3:10

"And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold." — 2 Chronicles 3:10 (ASV)

Two cherubim. — 1 Kings 6:23–28. They were made of oleaster, plated with gold.

Of image work. —Literally, a work of statuary. The Hebrew word meaning “statuary” occurs here only, and looks suspicious. The Vulgate renders opere statuario; the Septuagint “a work of logs”; the Syriac “a durable work.” With the last three renderings compare with 1 Kings 6:23, “wood (or blocks) of oleaster,” a specially hard wood. The rendering of the Septuagint suggests that the original reading may have been ma‘asçh ‘ççîm, “ woodwork.”

And overlaid. —Hebrew: and they overlaid.