There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network all around.
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There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network all around.
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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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And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.
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Passages linked to Jeremiah 52:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 7:20 There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain But because of the roundness, no more could be…
But because of the roundness, no more could be seen but ninety and six.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain There are some differences as to the measure of…
There are some differences as to the measure of these chapiters betwixt 2Ki 25:17 and this text; here the height of them is made to be five cubits, there it is said to be three cubits: that which is said to resolve this difficulty is, that there were three parts in the chapiter, the square, the belly, and the crown, and that this text gives an account of the whole; but that text, 2Ki 25:17, gives an account only of the belly and the crown, which were no more than three cubits. The like difference there is betwixt this text and 1Ki 7:20, and 2Ch 4:13, about the number of the pomegranates. In the Book of Kings it is said the pomegranates were in number two hundred; 2Ch 4:13, they are said to have been four hundred. The meaning is, there were a hundred in a row, in the two rows two hundred, in the four rows (two upon each pillar) four hundred. Some other difference also there is about the particular number of pomegranates on a side, which are here said to be but ninety-six, which make on the two sides but one hundred and ninety-two, on the four sides but three hundred and eighty-four, and comes up neither to the two hundred mentioned in the Book of Kings, nor to the number of four hundred mentioned in the Book of Chronicles. See the English Annotations, where the learned author hath observed that in the Hebrew, what we translate of a side, is word for word windward, that is, toward the four winds, so as the table was square, and there were twenty-four on each side, which made ninety-six in all, to which four being added. one at each corner, this made a hundred. But these are niceties, a satisfaction in which is of no great concernment to us, unless to satisfy such as would make use of these little things to question the authority of the Scriptures because of these seeming contradictions, of how little concernment soever they be as to our faith and holiness.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the…
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest,.... That is, out of the temple, where he was ministering, or fled for safety; this is supposed to be the father of Ezra, Ch1 6:14;
and Zephaniah the second priest: or deputy priest: the "sagan" of the priests, as the Targum calls him, who was deputed to minister for the high priest, in case anything happened which hindered him from officiating; such an one there always was in later times on the day of atonement, as appears from the Misna (f); this man is thought to be the same with Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, Jer 21:1;
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and the three keepers of the door; that is, of the temple. The Targum calls them three "amarcalin"; who had, as Jarchi says, the keys of the court committed to them. The number seems better to agree with the "gizbarim" or treasurers; of whom, it is said, they never appoint less than three treasurers, and seven "amarcalin" (g).
(f) Yoma, c. 1. sect. 1. (g) Misn. Shekalim, c. 5. sect. 2.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. See Clarke on Jer 52:18.
Verse 23. See Clarke on Jer 52:18.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On a side - The 96 were toward the…
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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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Hundred; four next the wall were not seen, or…
Hundred; four next the wall were not seen, or were fixed to the chaptrels.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain on a side--literally, (on the side) towards the air…
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 Kg1 7:20 they are two hundred on each chapiter, and four hundred on the two (Ch2 4:13). It seems there were two rows of them, one above the other, and in each row a hundred. They are here said to be ninety-six, but immediately following one hundred, and so in Kg1 7:20. Four seem to have been unseen to one looking from one point; and the ninety-six are only those that could be seen [VATABLUS]; or, the four omitted here are those separating the four sides, one pomegranate at each point of separation (or at the four corners) between the four sides [GROTIUS].
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. Ninety and six pomegranates on a side; all……
23. Ninety and six pomegranates on a side; all… were a hundred — The Hebrew for “on a side” is windwards, and it cannot mean that there were “ninety-six pomegranates” on each side, for then, as the capitals were square, the whole number would have been three hundred and eighty-four. The expression must mean that “ninety-six” were toward the four winds, twenty-four facing each quarter; and one at each corner, which would be each toward two winds, as north-east, north-west, etc: this would make “a hundred” all told.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. In 1Ki_7:20; 1Ki_7:42 each pillar is said to…
23. In 1Ki_7:20; 1Ki_7:42 each pillar is said to have had two rows of pomegranates, a hundred in each, the one above and the other below the ornamental network of the chapiters. It is possible that the account here may not be inconsistent with the existence of such a double row upon each chapiter, though it certainly does not suggest it, or again, one of the rows may have been removed before this period, leaving one hundred on each chapiter.
on the sides] The other renderings in mg. shew that the meaning of the expression is obscure. Suggestions are (a) visible outwards, i.e. four of the hundred in each row were hidden owing to the nearness of the pillar to the wall of the porch, or (b) hanging loosely, i.e. four of the pomegranates were fixed to the network on the capitals, while the rest hung in festoons between them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On a side; rather, towards the outside.
On a side; rather, towards the outside.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 52:23 Jeremiah added this verse, which is not in…
52:23 Jeremiah added this verse, which is not in 2 Kgs 25 (see study note on 52:1-34).
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