1 Reyes 7:21

21 Estas columnas erigió en el pórtico del templo: y cuando hubo alzado la columna de la mano derecha, púsole por nombre Jachîn: y alzando la columna de la mano izquierda, llamó su nombre Boaz.

1 Reyes 7:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:21

And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple
Not at the door or entrance into the temple, as Jarchi, but at the entrance into the porch:

and he set up the right pillar;
or the pillar on the right hand as you went in, which was on the north, the front being east:

and called the name thereof Jachin;
which signifies "he will establish", i.e. the house to which here was an entrance, so long as the pure worship of God should continue in it:

and he set up the left pillar;
or the pillar on the left hand, which was to the south, unless the position of them was as you come out:

and called the name thereof Boaz;
which signifies "in him", or "it is strength", namely, in the Lord that dwelt there; for this has no respect to Boaz, a prince of the house of Judah, from whom all its kings sprung, as the Targum, in ( 2 Chronicles 3:17 ) suggests. These names were given them not by Hiram the artificer, but by Solomon, and which were very expressive; not so much of the nobility of the kingdom of the house of David, as the Targum intimates; or of the church of God, the pillar and ground of truth; as of Christ himself, and the two natures in him, and of his royal dignity, signified by the crowns or chapiters on them, decorated as they were, whose legs are as pillars of marble, and in whom are righteousness and strength; which is no small encouragement to those who are entering into the church of God the temple was a type of; who, should they fear, being feeble and weak, that they should totter and fall, here stands Jachin, to let them know the Lord will establish and settle them; or that they should never hold out to the end, here is Boaz to direct them to Christ, in whom their strength lies, see ( Song of Solomon 4:15 ) ( Isaiah 45:24 ) . Allusion is had to these, ( Revelation 3:12 ) .

1 Reyes 7:21 In-Context

19 Los capiteles que estaban sobre las columnas en el pórtico, tenían labor de flores por cuatro codos.

20 Tenían también los capiteles de sobre las dos columnas, doscientas granadas en dos órdenes alrededor en cada capitel, encima del vientre del capitel, el cual vientre estaba delante del enredado.

21 Estas columnas erigió en el pórtico del templo: y cuando hubo alzado la columna de la mano derecha, púsole por nombre Jachîn: y alzando la columna de la mano izquierda, llamó su nombre Boaz.

22 Y puso en las cabezas de las columnas labor en forma de azucenas; y así se acabó la obra de las columnas.

23 Hizo asimismo un mar de fundición, de diez codos del un lado al otro, perfectamente redondo: su altura era de cinco codos, y ceñíalo alrededor un cordón de treinta codos.