✦ Choir 2 of IX · First Sphere — Closest to God
Cherubim
Guardians of wisdom · throne-bearers
Guardians of divine wisdom and the throne-chariot, set east of Eden and envisioned in the Holy of Holies (Genesis 3:24; Ezekiel 10; De Coelesti Hierarchia, ch. 7).
Sources: Gen 3:24 · Ezek 10 · DCH VII