Albert Barnes Commentary 2 Chronicles 3:16

"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." — 2 Chronicles 3:16 (ASV)

As in the oracle - This passage is probably corrupt. Our translators, supposing that a single letter had fallen out at the beginning of the word translated “in the oracle,” supplied “as.” But we have no reason to suppose there were any “chains” or “festoons” in the “oracle,” or most holy place.