2 Chronicles 3:16

16 He made interwoven chains^[a] and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.

2 Chronicles 3:16 in Other Translations

16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

16 He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.

16 He made a network of interwoven chains and used them to decorate the tops of the pillars. He also made 100 decorative pomegranates and attached them to the chains.

16 The top of each pillar was set off with an elaborate filigree of chains, like necklaces, from which hung a hundred pomegranates.

16 And he made chains in the oracle, and put [them] on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

16 He made chains for the inner room and [also] put them on the capitals. He made 100 pomegranates and put them on the chains.

16 He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars. He made 100 pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.

16 Solomon made chains that were linked together. He put them on top of the pillars. He also made 100 pomegranates. He fastened them to the chains.

2 Chronicles 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:16

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:16 In-Context

14 He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked into it.

15 For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits long, each with a capital five cubits high.

16 He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.

17 He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 7:17
• 2. S 1 Kings 7:20

Footnotes

• [a]. Or possibly "made chains in the inner sanctuary" ; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.