2 Chronicles 3:16

And he made chains, like neck ornaments, and put them on the tops of the pillars, and a hundred apples on the chains.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15And in front of the house he made two pillars, thirty-five cubits high, with crowns on the tops of them, five cubits high.

17He put up the pillars in front of the Temple, one on the right side and one on the left, naming the one on the right Jachin and that on the left Boaz.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:21Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered with gold.

2 Chronicles 4:12The two pillars, and the two crowns on the tops of the pillars, and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars;

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 3:11-17

The Furniture of the Temple. ( b. c. 1012.) 10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. 11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of… Read the whole commentary →

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