¹⁶ He made a network of interwoven chains^[a] and used them to decorate the tops of the pillars. He also made 100 decorative pomegranates and attached them to the chains.

²⁰ The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework.

²¹ Then Solomon overlaid the rest of the Temple’s interior with solid gold, and he made gold chains to protect the entrance^[a] to the Most Holy Place.