1 Kings 7:20

Over against (or rather, close to) the belly which was by the network. — The “belly” here (like the “bowls” or “globes” of the chapiters in 1 Kings 7:41) seems to signify the rounded form of the capital, where it comes down to join the shaft. At this junction the bands of pomegranate ornament ran round the shaft. In this verse it is obvious that there is an omission in the text. It should be, “were two hundred in rows round about the one chapiter, and two hundred in rows round about the other chapiter.” Hence the “four hundred” of 1 Kings 7:42 and 2 Chronicles 4:13.