Jeremiah 52 · Verse 23

Jeremiah 52:23

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
Jeremiah 52:23, King James Version

Jeremiah 52:23 in other translations

BSBEach capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.
WEBThere were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network all around.
ASVAnd there were ninety and six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.
YLTAnd the pomegranates are ninety and six on a side, all the pomegranates are a hundred on the net-work round about.
DARBYAnd there were ninety-six pomegranates on the four sides; all the pomegranates upon the network were a hundred round about.
BBEThere were ninety-six apples on the outside; the number of apples all round the network was a hundred.
WebsterAnd there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the net-work were a hundred on all sides.

What does Jeremiah 52:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. 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 1Ki 7:20 they are two hundred on each chapiter, and four hundred on the two (2Ch 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 1Ki 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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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 52:12-23

The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.

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Jeremiah 52:23 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961
הָֽרִמֹּנִ֔יםha.ri.mo.Nimthe pomegranatesH7416
תִּשְׁעִ֥יםtish.'ImninetyH8673
וְשִׁשָּׁ֖הve.shi.Shahand sixH8337
ר֑וּחָהRu.chah[the] side towardsH7307
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָרִמּוֹנִ֥יםha.ri.mo.Nimthe pomegranatesH7416
מֵאָ֛הme.'Ah[were] one hundredH3967
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַשְּׂבָכָ֖הha.se.va.Khahthe networkH7639
סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall aroundH5439

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 52:23

  • 1 Kings 7:20

    And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.

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Context

  • Jeremiah 52:22

    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 52:23

    And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

  • Jeremiah 52:24

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

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Jeremiah 52:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Había noventa y seis granadas en cada orden: todas ellas eran ciento sobre la red alrededor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il y avait 96 grenades sur les quatre côtés; toutes les grenades sur le réseau à l’entour étaient au nombre de 100.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Granatäpfel waren 96 nach den vier Winden hin aller Granatäpfel waren hundert am Netzwerk ringsum.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et fuerunt malogranata nonaginta sex dependentia: et omnia malogranata centum, retiaculis circumdabantur.