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2 Chronicles 3:17
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The columns were set at the sides of the Temple entrance: the one on the south side was named Jachin and the one on the north side was named Boaz.
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2 Chronicles 3:17 Meaning and Commentary
2 Chronicles 3:17
(
See Gill on
2 Chronicles 3:1
).
Taken from
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Chronicles 3:17 In-Context
15
The king had two columns made, each one 52 feet tall, and placed them in front of the Temple. Each one had a capital 7 1/2 feet tall.
16
The tops of the columns were decorated with a design of interwoven chains and one hundred bronze pomegranates.
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The columns were set at the sides of the Temple entrance: the one on the south side was named Jachin and the one on the north side was named Boaz.
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[a].
jachin: [This name sounds like the Hebrew for "he (God) establishes."]
[b].
boaz: [This name sounds like the Hebrew for "by his (God's) strength."]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.