Bible Strands
Jeremiah 52:23
Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes the bronze capitals atop the temple pillars during the account of Jerusalem’s fall and the temple’s dismantling.
The words — תִּשְׁעִים (tish.'Im) means ninety, and וְ/שִׁשָּ֖ה (ve./shi.Shah) means and six, jointly specifying the exact count of pomegranates on each pillar’s side.
The thread — This numerical inventory runs parallel to 1 Kings 7:20, which records two hundred pomegranates distributed across both capitals.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to record precise physical measurements of sacred objects before drawing any theological inferences.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 7:20 On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.