2 Chronicles 3:16

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

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 fashioned the curtain of violet, purple, and crimson fabric and worked a cherub design into it.
15 He made two huge free-standing pillars, each fifty-two feet tall, their capitals extending another seven and a half feet.
16 The top of each pillar was set off with an elaborate filigree of chains, like necklaces, from which hung a hundred pomegranates.
17 He placed the pillars in front of The Temple, one on the right, and the other on the left. The right pillar he named Jakin (Security) and the left pillar he named Boaz (Stability).
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