Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 3:7

"He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls." — 2 Chronicles 3:7 (ASV)

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 6:21–23.)

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. Shakespeare 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.