Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Kings 25:17

"The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network." — 2 Kings 25:17 (ASV)

Three cubits. — An error of transcription for five. Five cubits was the height of the capital according to 1 Kings 7:16; Jeremiah 52:22; 2 Chronicles 3:15.

The wreathen work. — Lattice-work (1 Kings 7:17).

With wreathen work. — Upon the lattice-work. Thenius says this is the remainder of a sentence preserved in Jeremiah — namely, And the pomegranates were ninety and six towards the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the lattice-work round about (Jeremiah 52:23). Our text is, at any rate, much abridged.