Jeremiah 52:23

23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.

Jeremiah 52:23 in Other Translations

23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around.

23 There were 96 pomegranates on the sides, and a total of 100 pomegranates on the network around the top.

23 There were ninety-six pomegranates evenly spaced - in all, a hundred pomegranates worked into the filigree.

23 [Each capital had] 96 pomegranates all around it. All the pomegranates around the latticework numbered 100.

Jeremiah 52:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:23

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side
Or, "to the wind" ^F5; to the four winds; towards every corner or wind twenty four, which make up ninety six: [and] all the pomegranates upon the network [were] an hundred round
about;
four, standing upon the four angles, made the ninety six a hundred; in ( 1 Kings 7:20 ) ; they are said to be two hundred; and in ( 2 Chronicles 4:13 ) ; are said to be four hundred upon the two wreaths; which may be accounted for thus, there were two rows of them on each pillar, in every row were a hundred, which made two hundred in one pillar, and four hundred in both. These were the things in the temple carried away in the last captivity.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (hxwr) "ad ventum", Montanus; "ad omnem ventum", Tigurine version; so Ben Melech; "versus ventos", Schmidt; "ventum versus", Piscator; "in ventum", Cocceius.

Jeremiah 52:23 In-Context

21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference ; each was four fingers thick, and hollow.

22 The bronze capital on top of one pillar was five cubits high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.

24 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.

25 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 7:20
• 2. S ver 17; S Jeremiah 27:19