Jeremiah 52:23 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 52:23

Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

On a side - The 96 were toward the four winds, 24 toward the north, 24 toward the east, and so on. Add one at each corner, and the whole 100 is made up.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙	vai.yih.Yu	and they were	H1961 →
הָֽרִמֹּנִ֔ים	ha.ri.mo.Nim	the pomegranates	H7416 →
תִּשְׁעִ֥ים	tish.'Im	ninety	H8673 →
וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה	ve.shi.Shah	and six	H8337 →
ר֑וּחָה	Ru.chah	[the] side towards	H7307 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָרִמּוֹנִ֥ים	ha.ri.mo.Nim	the pomegranates	H7416 →
מֵאָ֛ה	me.'Ah	[were] one hundred	H3967 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַשְּׂבָכָ֖ה	ha.se.va.Khah	the network	H7639 →
סָבִֽיב׃	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
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.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 7:42
  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);

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Jeremiah