2 Chronicles 3:16 Meaning and Explanation
“And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does 2 Chronicles 3:16 Mean?
Solomon crowns the pillars with chainwork like that in the inner sanctuary and hangs a hundred pomegranates upon them. The pomegranate, brimming with seeds, was a familiar emblem of fruitfulness and abundant life.
The fruit-laden pillars at the door promise that God's house is a place of life and increase. To enter is to come where blessing multiplies, where what is barren is made fruitful. The hundredfold pomegranates quietly echo the harvest of fruit that drawing near to God is meant to bear in His people.
2 Chronicles 3:16 in the Original Language
rimmon (רִמּוֹן) -- pomegranate, a seed-filled fruit long used as a symbol of fruitfulness.
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What does 2 Chronicles 3:16 mean?
The pillar capitals are wreathed with chains and hung with a hundred pomegranates.