Pommels, ( epistylia.) Hebrew, "cordons," or rows of pomegranates, (3 Kings vii. 18.) each consisting of one hundred; so that at the two pillars were adorned with a double row, both together would have four hundred. (Calmet) --- The precise number is fixed at ninety-six for each row, Jeremias lii. 23. (Tirinus)

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