2 Chronicles 3:16
in 2 Chronicles 3He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
As in the oracle - This passage is probably corrupt. Our translators supposing that a single letter had fallen out at the beginning of the word translated “in the oracle,” supplied “as.” But we have no reason to suppose there were any “chains” or “festoons” in the “oracle” or most holy place.
This site's exposition
In front of the temple he made two pillars
on 2 Chronicles 3:15-17
Chronicles tells of the pillars in three verses against the eight of 1 Kings 7:15-22. Here “a hundred pomegranates” hang in the chainwork, where 1 Kings 7:20 sets two hundred around each capital. Barnes judges the Hebrew probably corrupt at the word the older English rendered as in the oracle.
This site's exposition
made interwoven chains
The chains here stand on top of the pillars. Barnes judges the Hebrew probably corrupt, and earlier English translators supplied a word, assuming a letter had dropped from the word for the inner room. He finds no reason to place chains inside the Most Holy Place.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That was typical of Christ's sacrifice of himself; therefore fitly was the temple, which was likewise a type of him, built there. It must be where the Lord appeared to David, and answered him by fire, 1 Chron. xxi. There atonement was made once; and therefore, in remembrance of that, there atonement must still be made.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
thirty-five cubits long i.e., the height. And in I Kings (7:15): “And he cast the two pillars of copper, eighteen cubits, etc.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙ | sharsherot | chains | H8333 → | 7 times |
| בַּדְּבִ֔יר | badevir | in the innermost room | H1687 → | 16 times |
| וַיִּתֵּ֖ן | vaiyiten | and he put [them] | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רֹ֣אשׁ | rosh | [the] top of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הָעַמֻּדִ֑ים | haamudim | the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
| וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| רִמּוֹנִים֙ | rimonim | pomegranates | H7416 → | 32 times |
| מֵאָ֔ה | meah | one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וַיִּתֵּ֖ן | vaiyiten | and he put [them] | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃ | basharsherot | on the chains | H8333 → | 7 times |
וַיַּ֤עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙chains
sharsherotH8333 →7 times
בַּדְּבִ֔ירin the innermost room
badevirH1687 →16 times
וַיִּתֵּ֖ןand he put [them]
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רֹ֣אשׁ[the] top of
roshH7218 →599 times
הָעַמֻּדִ֑יםthe pillars
haamudimH5982 →111 times
וַיַּ֤עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
רִמּוֹנִים֙pomegranates
rimonimH7416 →32 times
מֵאָ֔הone hundred
meahH3967 →581 times
וַיִּתֵּ֖ןand he put [them]
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃on the chains
basharsherotH8333 →7 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 7:20On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 4:13
the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
- Jeremiah 52:22–23
The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.
- 2 Kings 25:17
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
- 2 Chronicles 4:13
Through
1 Kings 6:21So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
it leads to
- Exodus 36:34
And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
- Exodus 26:32–33
Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
- 2 Chronicles 3:14–16
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
- 2 Chronicles 3:7–9
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
- Exodus 26:29
Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
- Exodus 36:34
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.