Cherubim

2 Chronicles 3:10-13 - In the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold. The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub. The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.

I wonder where David and his designers got their ideas about what cherubim looked like. They had wings and feet. They could face a certain direction. They probably looked much like what we picture them as today -- winged people. Had other artists created artworks of them earlier that these were imitative of? Who saw the first cherubim?