2 Chronicles 3:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.”

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BSBPD

“He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 3:16 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 6:21So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
  2. 1 Kings 7:20On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:12the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:13the 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);

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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