2 Chronicles 3:17

17 Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, ^[a] and the pillar on the north he named Boaz. ^[b]

2 Chronicles 3:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:17

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:17 In-Context

15 In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.

16 He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.

17 Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.

Footnotes

• [a] Jachin probably means He establishes.
• [b] Boaz probably means in Him is strength.