The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.

The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces are inward.

Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.

And so the wings of both cherubim were stretched out and extended for twenty cubits. Now they were standing upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the exterior house.

Their faces were inward - literally, as in the margin. Instead of looking toward one another, with heads bent downward over the mercy Seat, like the cherubim of Moses Exodus 37:9, these of Solomon looked out from the sanctuary into the great chamber ("the house"). The cherubim thus stood upright on either side of the ark, like two sentinels guarding it.

Inward - Hebrews. towards the house, that is, the most holy house.