Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:23
23. Ninety and six pomegranates on a side; all… were a hundred The Hebrew for “on a side” is windwards, and it cannot mean that there were “ninety-six pomegranates” on each side, for then, as the capitals were square, the whole number would have been three hundred and eighty-four. The expression must mean that “ninety-six” were toward the four winds, twenty-four facing each quarter; and one at each corner, which would be each toward two winds, as north-east, north-west, etc: this would... read more
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 52:23
all the: 1 Kings 7:20 Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 4:13 - four hundred read more