2 Chronicles 4:13
in 2 Chronicles 4the 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);
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars.
KJV
And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
He put the Sea on the south side
on 2 Chronicles 4:10-18
Huram finishes the whole of Solomon's bronze work: the Sea, the basins, and the pillars with their pomegranates named in chapter 3. All were cast “in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah”. The inventory closes with bronze whose weight “could not be determined”.
This site's exposition
the four hundred pomegranates
Four hundred pomegranates means two hundred for each pillar, set in two rows of a hundred. A single row matches the hundred of 3:16. Matthew Henry calls Huram the father of the workers in brass and iron.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And the four hundred pomegranates Above (ad loc.), he states: “and he made a hundred pomegranates.” How so?
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And he made the bases But in I Kings (7:27), it is written: “And he made the ten bases of copper.” The bases are the bases of the laver, and there their work is explained.
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
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָֽרִמּוֹנִ֛ים | harimonim | the pomegranates | H7416 → | 32 times |
| אַרְבַּ֥ע | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| לִשְׁתֵּ֣י | lishtei | for [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹת | hasevakhot | the networks | H7639 → | 16 times |
| שְׁנַ֨יִם | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| טוּרִ֤ים | turim | rows | H2905 → | |
| רִמּוֹנִים֙ | rimonim | pomegranates | H7416 → | 32 times |
| לַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה | lasevakhah | for the network | H7639 → | 16 times |
| הָאֶחָ֔ת | haechat | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לְכַסּ֗וֹת | lekhasot | to cover | H3680 → | 152 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁתֵּי֙ | shetei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| גֻּלּ֣וֹת | gulot | [the] bowls of | H1543 → | 15 times |
| הַכֹּֽתָר֔וֹת | hakotarot | the capitals | H3805 → | 24 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [were] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ | haamudim | the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָֽרִמּוֹנִ֛יםthe pomegranates
harimonimH7416 →32 times
אַרְבַּ֥עfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
לִשְׁתֵּ֣יfor [the] two
lishteiH8147 →768 times
הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹתthe networks
hasevakhotH7639 →16 times
שְׁנַ֨יִםtwo
shenayimH8147 →768 times
טוּרִ֤יםrows
turimH2905 →
רִמּוֹנִים֙pomegranates
rimonimH7416 →32 times
לַשְּׂבָכָ֣הfor the network
lasevakhahH7639 →16 times
הָאֶחָ֔ת<the> one
haechatH259 →971 times
לְכַסּ֗וֹתto cover
lekhasotH3680 →152 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁתֵּי֙[the] two
sheteiH8147 →768 times
גֻּלּ֣וֹת[the] bowls of
gulotH1543 →15 times
הַכֹּֽתָר֔וֹתthe capitals
hakotarotH3805 →24 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[were] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃the pillars
haamudimH5982 →111 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
Jeremiah 52:23Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:20
On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 7:20
Through
Song of Solomon 4:13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 1:14
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
- Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
- Song of Solomon 6:11
I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
- Song of Solomon 1:12
While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
- Isaiah 60:21
Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
- Song of Solomon 1:14
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 3:16
He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
- 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 Chronicles 3:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.