Jeremiah 52:23

Jeremiah 52:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
• New International Version (NIV)There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred.

Context of Jeremiah 52:23

21Each pillar was 8 metres high and 5 metres around. The bronze was 8 centimetres thick and each pillar was empty inside. 22The bronze piece on the top of one pillar was more than a metre high. It had rows of chains with images of pomegranates made from bronze all around it. The other pillar, with its rows of chains and pomegranates, was the same. There were 96 images of pomegranates around the sides of the pillars. There were 100 images of pomegranates on the chains at the top. 24Captain Nebuzaradan took hold of these people: Seraiah, the leader of the priests. Zephaniah, the next most important priest. The three temple guards. 25He also took hold of these people who remained in Jerusalem: The palace officer with authority over the soldiers. Seven of the king's advisors. The army secretary who took men to join the army. 60 other people of Judah who were inside the city.

Jeremiah 52:23 word by word

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ הָֽרִמֹּנִ֔ים תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה ר֑וּחָה כָּל־הָרִמּוֹנִ֥ים מֵאָ֛ה עַל־הַשְּׂבָכָ֖ה סָבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And there were ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםtish‛îym · ninetyH8673
• and sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• pomegranatesרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416
• on a sideרוּחַrûach · spirit: sideH7307
• upon the networkשְׂבָכָהώebâkâh · latticeworkH7639
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Jeremiah 52:23

• 1 Kings 7:20There were pictures of 200 pomegranates in two rows all around the top of each pillar. They were next to the chains above the round shape at the top of the pillar.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 52:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23On 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23Jeremiah included this verse, which is not in 2 Kings 25 (see study note on Jeremiah 52:1–34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. on a side--literally, (on the side) towards the air or wind, that is, the outside of the capitals of the pillars conspicuous to the eye, opposed to the four remaining pomegranates which were not seen from the outside. The pomegranates here are ninety-six; but in 1Ki 7:20 they are two hundred on each chapiter, and four hundred on the two (2Ch 4:13). It seems there were two rows of them, one above the other, and in each row a hundred. They are here said…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 52:23

• Jerusalem
• Month
• Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan)
• Pomegranate
• Temple
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Diet
• Jachin and Boaz
• Kings, The Books of
• Feasts and Fasts
• Jeremiah (2)
• Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadrezzar
• Septuagint
• Temple
• Zedekiah (2)
• pomegranate

Commentaries on Jeremiah 52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings