1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
Cross-reference
Exodus 25:18
Historical context
Exodus 25:18 gives the command to make the cherubim—the same ones that now spread their wings over the ark here.
Exodus 25:20
Allusion
Exodus 25:20 describes the cherubim spreading wings over the mercy seat—exactly the posture seen here as they overshadow the ark.
2 Chronicles 5:7
Parallel
2 Chronicles 5:7 recounts the same event—the priests placing the ark under the wings of the cherubim.
Hebrews 9:5
Allusion
Hebrews 9:5 describes the cherubim overshadowing the mercy seat—the same imagery repeated in the temple.
2 Samuel 6:2
Historical context
In 2 Samuel 6:2, the ark is called the place where God dwells between the cherubim—the same cherubim now overshadow it.