The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 74:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. The "carved work" (pittuchim) of the temple consisted of the cherubim and palm trees and open flowers which formed the decoration of the temple walls (see 1 Kings 6:29, where the same word, pittuchim, is used).

This superficial carved work may have been broken down for the sake of the gold with which it was overlaid (1 Kings 6:22, 1 Kings 6:32, 1 Kings 6:35).

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