2 Chronicles 5:8

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

Cross-reference

Exodus 25:12-15 commands the poles for the ark — these poles, now under the cherubim, fulfill that original instruction.

Exodus 37:3-5 records the actual making of the ark's poles — the same poles now seen under the cherubim in the temple.

In 1 Kings 6:27, the same cherubim are described with wings touching—parallel account of the temple's inner sanctuary.

2 Kings 19:15 Related theme

2 Kings 19:15 calls God 'enthroned between the cherubim,' linking the temple's cherubim to God's heavenly presence.