Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 52:22
And a chapiter of brass [was] upon it; and the height of one chapiter [was] five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all [of] brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates [were] like unto these.
22. a chapiter ] a capital.
five cubits ] From this, which agrees with 1Ki 7:16, we must correct the “ three cubits” of 2Ki 25:17, unless we take the smaller number to denote the actual measurement of the network of the chapiter, excluding the pomegranates.
and pomegranates ] The Heb. for “network” seems to have dropped out accidentally before these words, while conversely “network” has been retained, and the words “and pomegranates” apparently dropped out through inadvertence in 2Ki 25:17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 22. See Clarke on Jer 52:18.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
22. five cubitsso 1Ki7:16. But 2Ki 25:17 has”three cubits.” There were two parts in the chapiter: theone lower and plain, of two cubits; the other, higher and curiouslycarved, of three cubits. The former is omitted in 2Ki25:17, as belonging to the shaft of the pillar; the latter aloneis there mentioned. Here the whole chapiter of five cubits isreferred to.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And a chapiter of brass [was] upon it,…. Or a coronet of brass, of molten brass, was set upon the top of the pillar:
and the height of one chapiter [was] five cubits; as in 1Ki 7:16; but in 2Ki 25:17; the height is said to be but three cubits; which is reconciled by the Jewish Rabbins thus, the three superior cubits of it were with ornaments, the two inferior without any; the whole together was five cubits; but, as ornamented, only three:
with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all [of] brass; the nets were of chequer work, and wreaths of chain work, and there were seven of them to each chapiter, 1Ki 7:17;
the second pillar also, and the pomegranates, [were] like unto these; one pillar was exactly like the other, and the ornaments of it the same.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
chapiter = capital.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
with network: Exo 28:14-22, Exo 28:25, Exo 39:15-18, 1Ki 7:17, 2Ch 3:15, 2Ch 4:12, 2Ch 4:13
Reciprocal: 1Ki 7:20 – and the pomegranates