New International Version
Jeremiah 52:23
23There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)There were 96 pomegranates on the sides, and a total of 100 pomegranates on the network around the top.
Context of Jeremiah 52:23
21Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference; each was four fingers thick, and hollow. 22The bronze capital on top of one pillar was five cubits high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar. There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred. 24The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers. 25Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.
Read all of Jeremiah 52Jeremiah 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
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
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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
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