John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 52:23

"And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about." — Jeremiah 52:23 (ASV)

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side Or, "to the wind" ^F5 ; to the four winds; towards every corner or wind twenty four, which make up ninety six: [and] all the pomegranates upon the network [were] an hundred roundabout ; four, standing upon the four angles, made the ninety six a hundred; in (1 Kings 7:20) ; they are said to be two hundred; and in (2 Chronicles 4:13) ; are said to be four hundred upon the two wreaths; which may be accounted for thus, there were two rows of them on each pillar, in every row were a hundred, which made two hundred in one pillar, and four hundred in both. These were the things in the temple carried away in the last captivity.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F5: (hxwr) "ad ventum", Montanus; "ad omnem ventum", Tigurine version; so Ben Melech; "versus ventos", Schmidt; "ventum versus", Piscator; "in ventum", Cocceius.