2 Chronicles 3:16

2 Chronicles 3:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
• New International Version (NIV)He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:16

14And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. 15Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

2 Chronicles 3:16 word by word

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙ בַּדְּבִ֔יר וַיִּתֵּ֖ן עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָעַמֻּדִ֑ים וַיַּ֤עַשׂ רִמּוֹנִים֙ מֵאָ֔ה וַיִּתֵּ֖ן בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• And he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• chainsשַׁרְשְׁרָהsharsherâh · chainH8333
• in the oracleדְּבִירdebîyr debir · hindmost chamberH1687
• and putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• on the headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of the pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• pomegranatesרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:16

• 1 Kings 6:21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
• 1 Kings 7:20And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16As in the oracle - This passage is probably corrupt. Our translators supposing that a single letter had fallen out at the beginning of the word translated “in the oracle,” supplied “as.” But we have no reason to suppose there were any “chains” or “festoons” in the “oracle” or most holy place.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16The two pillars in the temple's porch were made of bronze and had elaborate decorations (compare 1 Kings 7:15–22).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 3:16

• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Crimson
• Solomon
• Beauty
• Jachin and Boaz
• Pomegranate
• Temple
• New Moon

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• 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