Jeremiah 52:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On a side - The 96 were toward the four winds, 24 toward the north, 24 toward the east, and so on. Add one at each corner, and the whole 100 is made up.
Jeremiah 52:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; [and] all the pomegranates upon the network [were] an (i) hundred on all sides. (i) But because of the roundness, no more could be seen but nine...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 52. Historical Appendix. This is taken from 2 Kings 24:18 ff., and gives an account of the capture of Jerusalem, etc., in 586, i.e. of the fulfilment of Jeremiah's repeated declaration...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ninety and six. There were 100 "round about"; Compare 2 Chronicles 3:16 ; 2 Chronicles 4:13 . with 1 Kings 7:20 . on. side. Hebrew. ruach. See App-9. = towards the air, or open air. The oth...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. There were ninety and six pomegranates on a side - literally (on t...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Historical Appendix (probably by the compiler of the book) This chapter is substantially the same as Jeremiah 39 (see notes there), but adds particulars relating to the Temple vessels ( Jeremiah...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(21-23) And concerning the pillars... — In 2 Kings 25:16-17 we have a list abbreviated by the omission of some of the measurements and of the number and arrangement of the pomegranates. “Chapiter...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1-18 ; Jeremiah 40:1-16 ; Jeremiah 41:1-18 ; Jeremiah 52:1-34 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote with the swo...
Jeremiah 52:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last chapter of the Book of Jeremiah consists of a historical appendix written, as the final words of the previous chapter show, by another hand. It first gives a brief account of the capture of...
Jeremiah 52:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side ,.... Or, "to the wind" e; to the four winds; towards every corner or wind twenty four, which make up ninety six: [and] all the pomegranates up...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 52:21-23 . The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits The same account is given of the height of these pillars, 1 Kings 7:15 : but in 2 Chronicles 3:15 , it is said, that both the pil...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Babylonish Captivity. B. C. 588. 12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There are some differences as to the measure of these chapiters betwixt 2 Kings 25:17 and this text; here the height of them is made to be five cubits, there it is said to be three cubits: that w...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

An Account Of The Taking And Destruction Of Jerusalem Which Is Then Followed By The Part Restoration Of The Davidic King ( Jeremiah 52:1-34 ). In this narrative, which on the whole is a repetition...
Jeremiah 52:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter forms a historical appendix to the Book of Jeremiah. Its AUTHORSHIP is conjectural. They who think Jeremiah penned it urge that the closing words of chap....
Jeremiah 52:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 52:1 . Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign. This and the two following verses are taken from 2 Kings 24:18-20 ; and the seven succeeding verses are taken from th...
Jeremiah 52:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter prove that it is not an independent narrative, but the concluding part of a history of the kings of Judah. It agrees almost word for word with 2 Kings 24...
Jeremiah 52:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Disposition of the Spoil and of the Captives
Jeremiah 52:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 7:20

Jeremiah 52:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 52:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 52:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 52:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 52:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 52:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 52:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 52:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 52:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 52:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge