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Jeremiah 52:22 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 52 · verse 22
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.Jeremiah 52:22 · King James Version
Jeremiah 52:22 in context
20The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
22And 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.
23And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
24And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pomegranatesrimmôwna pomegranate, the tree or the fruitH7416 →
- chapiterkôthereththe capital of a columnH3805 →
- networksᵉbâkâha net-workH7639 →
- heightqôwmâhheightH6967 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- secondshênîyproperly, doubleH8145 →
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We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the army, in this action. In the margin he is called the chief of the slaughter-men, or executioners;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-23