Jeremiah 52:22

The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records the architectural inventory of the temple’s bronze pillars as part of the final accounting of the sacred furnishings.

The words — The Hebrew כֹּתֶרֶת (koteret, "capital") and קוֹמָה (qomah, "height") specify that the bronze cap atop the first pillar measured exactly five cubits tall.

The thread — This measurement directly parallels 1 Kings 7:16, which records identical dimensions for the temple’s bronze capitals, while the surrounding verses (Jeremiah 52:21, 52:23) continue the pillar inventory.

Why it lands — The text requires readers to note the exact dimensions and uniform craftsmanship, establishing a factual baseline before any theological application is drawn.

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The Hebrew words

וְכֹתֶ֨רֶתve./kho.Te.retand/ a capital עָלָ֜יו'a.La/von/ it נְחֹ֗שֶׁתne.Cho.shet[was] bronze וְקוֹמַ֨תve./ko.Matand/ [the] height of הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶתha./ko.Te.retthe/ capital הָאַחַת֮ha./'a.Chat<the>/ one חָמֵ֣שׁcha.Mesh[was] five אַמּוֹת֒'a.mOtcubits וּשְׂבָכָ֨הu./se.va.Khahand/ a network וְרִמּוֹנִ֧יםve./ri.mo.Nimand/ pomegranates עַֽל־'al-[was] on הַכּוֹתֶ֛רֶתha./ko.Te.retthe/ capital סָבִ֖יבsa.Vivall around הַכֹּ֣לha./Kol<the>/ everything נְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shet[was] bronze וְכָאֵ֛לֶּהve./kha./'E.lehand/ like/ these לַֽעַמּ֥וּדla./'a.Mud[belonged] to the/ pillar הַשֵּׁנִ֖יha./she.Ni<the>/ second וְרִמּוֹנִֽים׃ve./ri.mo.Nimand/ pomegranates

King James Version

And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.

Cross-references

Exodus 28:14 and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
Exodus 28:25 and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.
1 Kings 7:16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
2 Kings 25:17 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
2 Chronicles 3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
2 Chronicles 4:12 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
Exodus 39:15 For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.