Comentario sobre I Reyes 6:23

Olive wood. [Targum Yonoson rendered,] “olive wood.”³⁵עצי שמן literally means “oil wood.” Rashi indicates they are identical. However, in Nechemya 8:15 they are listed separately.

Ten amohs high. And their legs were standing on the ground,³⁶Unlike the cherubim that were made by Betzalel which were on the cover of the Ark and faced each other . See Shemos 37:9. one was on the north of the Ark and one on the south, covering the Ark and its poles. The length of the wings covered part (of the poles’ width) since the Ark’s length was set to the width of the Temple, and its poles were protruding at the entrance of the Holy of Holies into the curtain which was at the entrance. Its poles were set at the ends of the Ark’s length, in order that two Leviyim should be able to enter between them, when they were carrying it in the wilderness.