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 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

21Now concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow. 22A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with a network and pomegranates all around the capital, all of bronze. The second pillar, with pomegranates was the same. There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred. 24The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 25He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, seven men of the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the principal scribe of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of 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 7:20The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, by the convex surface which was next to the network; and there were two hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around.

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