²³ When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,^[a](A) they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates^(B) and figs.^(C)

² Saul was staying^(A) on the outskirts of Gibeah^(B) under a pomegranate tree^(C) in Migron.^(D) With him were about six hundred men,

¹⁸ He made pomegranates in two rows^[a] encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars.^[b] He did the same for each capital.

²² The bronze capital^(A) on top of one pillar was five cubits^[a] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates^(B) of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

¹⁹ Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate^(A) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.^(B)

“‘From this day on I will bless^(C) you.’”