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1 Kings 7:42

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator catalogs the finished bronze furnishings for Solomon’s temple, specifically detailing the decorative additions applied to the two pillars.

The words — רִמֹּנִים (rimmonim) means pomegranates, and שְׂבָכ֑וֹת (sevakhot) translates to networks or chains.

The thread — The description connects to the two hundred pomegranates on the capitals in 1 Kings 7:20, the pillar framework in 1 Kings 7:41, and the adjacent ten stands in 1 Kings 7:43.

Why it lands — The text requires exact attention to the numerical count and spatial arrangement of the temple’s ornamental bronze components.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הָרִמֹּנִ֛יםha./ri.mo.Nimthe/ pomegranatesאַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'fourמֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>לִשְׁתֵּ֣יli/sh.Teifor/ [the] twoהַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹתha./se.va.Khotthe/ networksשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-twoטוּרִ֤יםtu.Rimrowsרִמֹּנִים֙ri.mo.Nimpomegranatesלַשְּׂבָכָ֣הla./se.va.Khah[belonged] to the/ networkהָֽאֶחָ֔תha./'e.Chat<the>/ oneלְכַסּ֗וֹתle./kha.Sotto/ coverאֶת־'et-<obj.>שְׁתֵּי֙she.Tei[the] twoגֻּלֹּ֣תgu.Lot[the] bowls ofהַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔תha./ko.ta.Rotthe/ capitalsאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.Sherwhichעַל־'al-[were] onפְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofהָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ha./'a.mu.Dimthe/ pillars

King James Version

And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

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