which dwelest, &c.] The Cherubims were placed neer the ark (1 Kings 8:7.) which was the most principall representation of Gods presence. There did God use to declare his minde (Numbers 7:89.) and thereupon is said to sit or dwell there, Psalms 80:1. The king to strengthen his faith in a gracious answer, thus sets out God: the rather because the golden Cherubims were the most glorious types under the law (1 Kin. 6. 23, &c.) and they set out the glory of God, as angels do now (Mark 8:38. see on 1 Kings 6:23.) or as heaven doth, Matthew 6:9. See on 1 Samuel 4:4. They put him also in minde of the mercy-seat, which represented the throne of Grace, Hebrews 4:16. See 1 Chron. 28. 2.