Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains. New Living Translation He made a network of interwoven chains and used them to decorate the tops of the pillars. He also made 100 decorative pomegranates and attached them to the chains. English Standard Version He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. Berean Standard Bible He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. King James Bible And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. New King James Version He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork. New American Standard Bible He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. NASB 1995 He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. NASB 1977 And he made chains in the inner sanctuary, and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. Legacy Standard Bible And he made chains in the inner sanctuary and put them on the top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. Amplified Bible He made chains [like a necklace] in the inner sanctuary and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. Christian Standard Bible He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. Holman Christian Standard Bible He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars. He made 100 pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. American Standard Version And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. Contemporary English Version The top of each column was decorated with designs that looked like chains and with 100 carvings of pomegranates. English Revised Version And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. GOD'S WORD® Translation He made chains for the inner room and [also] put them on the capitals. He made 100 pomegranates and put them on the chains. Good News Translation The tops of the columns were decorated with a design of interwoven chains and one hundred bronze pomegranates. International Standard Version He crafted chains for the inner sanctuary and placed them on top of the pillars, attaching 100 pomegranates to each of the chains. Majority Standard Bible He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. NET Bible He made ornamental chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains. New Heart English Bible He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. Webster's Bible Translation And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. World English Bible He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he makes chains in the oracle, and puts [them] on the heads of the pillars, and makes one hundred pomegranates, and puts [them] on the chains. Young's Literal Translation And he maketh chains in the oracle, and putteth on the heads of the pillars, and maketh a hundred pomegranates, and putteth on the chains. Smith's Literal Translation And he will make chains, in the oracle, and give upon the head of the pillars; and he will make a hundred pomegranates and give upon the chains. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe made also as it were little chains in the oracle, and he put them on the heads of the pillars: and a hundred pomegranates, which he put between the little chains. Catholic Public Domain Version Then too, there were something like little chains on the oracle, and he placed these upon the heads of the pillars. And there were one hundred pomegranates, which he placed between the little chains. New American Bible He devised chains in the form of a collar with which he encircled the capitals of the columns, and he made a hundred pomegranates which he set on the chains. New Revised Standard Version He made encircling chains and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he made chains, fifty cubits long, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he made chains of fifty cubits and he put them on the tops of the columns, and he made a hundred pomegranates and he tied them on the chains. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he made chains in the Sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Veil and Pillars…15In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits. 16He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. 17Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.… Cross References 1 Kings 7:17-22 For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital. / Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars. / And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high. ... Exodus 26:31-33 Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. / Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. / And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Exodus 36:35-36 Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. / He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts. 1 Kings 6:29-35 Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. / And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. / For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts. ... 1 Kings 6:23-28 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood. / One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits. / The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape, ... 1 Kings 7:41-42 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; / 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); 1 Kings 7:49 the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; Exodus 25:18-22 Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, / one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold. / And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat. ... Ezekiel 41:18-20 were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces: / the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion was toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all the way around the temple. / Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance. Ezekiel 41:25 Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico. Hebrews 9:5 Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now. Revelation 4:6-8 And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back. / The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. / And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Revelation 5:6-8 Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. / And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne. / When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. Revelation 7:11 And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, Revelation 14:3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. Treasury of Scripture And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. chains 1 Kings 6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. an hundred 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. Jump to Previous Apples Attached Chains Heads Hundred Inner Interwoven Maketh Neck Necklace Oracle Ornaments Pillars Placed Pomegranates Putteth Sanctuary Top TopsJump to Next Apples Attached Chains Heads Hundred Inner Interwoven Maketh Neck Necklace Oracle Ornaments Pillars Placed Pomegranates Putteth Sanctuary Top Tops2 Chronicles 3 1. The place and time of building the temple3. The measure and ornaments of the house 11. The cherubim 14. The veil and pillars He made chains like a necklace The Hebrew word for "chains" here is "שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת" (sharsharot), which can also mean "wreaths" or "garlands." This imagery of chains like a necklace suggests a sense of beauty and adornment, reflecting the glory and splendor intended for the temple. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, necklaces were symbols of status and beauty, and their use here signifies the temple's importance as a place of divine presence and worship. and put them on the tops of the pillars He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chains An hundred pomegranates.--So Jeremiah 52:23. (See 1Kings 7:20; 1Kings 7:42, from which it appears that there were altogether four hundred pomegranates, viz., an upper and lower row of one hundred each upon the chainwork of each pillar. So 2Chronicles 4:13.) . . . Verse 16. - Chains, as in the oracle. Though the writer of Chronicles has not in this description mentioned any chains as appertaining to the oracle, yet they are mentioned in the parallel. The selection of what is said has in our present text so much the appearance of haste, that this may account for the abrupt appearance of the allusion here. Otherwise the words, "in the oracle," tempt us to fear some corruptness of text, scarcely safely removed by Bertheau's suggestion to substitute רְבִיד ("ring") for דְבִיר ("oracle"). An hundred pomegranates (comp. 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Kings 7:15, 18, 20). These passages indicate that the total number of pomegranates was two hundred for each pillar.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He madeוַיַּ֤עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make interwoven בַּדְּבִ֔יר (bad·də·ḇîr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1687: Perhaps (a place of) speaking (the innermost room of Solomon's temple) chains שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙ (šar·šə·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8333: A chain, a garland and put them וַיִּתֵּ֖ן (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against top רֹ֣אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7218: The head of the pillars. הָעַמֻּדִ֑ים (hā·‘am·mu·ḏîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5982: A column, a stand, platform He made וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make a hundred מֵאָ֔ה (mê·’āh) Number - feminine singular Strong's 3967: A hundred pomegranates רִמּוֹנִים֙ (rim·mō·w·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7416: A pomegranate, the tree, the fruit and fastened them וַיִּתֵּ֖ן (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set into the chainwork. בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃ (baš·šar·šə·rō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8333: A chain, a garland Links 2 Chronicles 3:16 NIV2 Chronicles 3:16 NLT 2 Chronicles 3:16 ESV 2 Chronicles 3:16 NASB 2 Chronicles 3:16 KJV 2 Chronicles 3:16 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 3:16 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 3:16 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 3:16 French Bible 2 Chronicles 3:16 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 3:16 He made chains in the oracle (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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