These are what I have found (so far) regarding Icons, namely proof that clearly even prior to Christ's birth not every image was a "graven image" and that extended to the Ark of the Covenant and Solomon's Temple
"He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat: 8 one cherub at one end on this side, and the other cherub at the
other end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends
of one piece with the mercy seat. 9 The cherubim spread out
their wings above,
and covered the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat." - Exodus 37:7-9
"4 And the vestibule that
was in front
of the sanctuaryc]'>[
c] was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height
was one hundred andd]'>[
d] twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5 The larger roome]'>[
e] he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it. 6 And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold
was gold from Parvaim. 7 He also overlaid the house—the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8 And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold. 9 The weight of the nails
was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area with gold. 10 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim
were twenty cubits in
overall length: one wing
of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing
was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub; 12
one wing of the other cherub
was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing
also was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward. 14 And he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it. 15 Also he made in front of the templef]'>[
f] two pillars thirty-fiveg]'>[
g] cubits high, and the capital that
was on the top of each of
them was five cubits. 16 He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put
them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put
them on the wreaths of chainwork. 17 Then he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the one on the left Boaz." 2Chronicles 3:4-17
