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Jeremiah 52:22

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 52:22

Verse 22 of 34

Scripture focus

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 52:22 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 52:22

Theological / Devotional

Five cubits. The height of the capitals of the pillars is given in 2 Kings 25:17 as three, not five, cubits. Here again we have the possibility of a scribal error (see on Jer. 52:12), but it is equally possible that the figures represent different methods of measuring. Concerning the metal objects taken from the Temple, Jer. 52 gives several independent details not found in Kings. One writer may have excluded and the other included, as part of the capital, a decorative band below or a top segment above the carved network of pomegranates. Those who work constantly with data from reference books know how often an apparent error or discrepancy is found to be a mere difference in point of view.

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