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16 Then he made chains like a necklace[a] and placed them on the tops of the columns. He made a hundred pomegranates and placed them into the chains. 17 Then he set up the pillars in front of the sanctuary, one on the south, the other on the north. The one on the south he named Jachin, and the one on the north he named Boaz.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:16 Heb adds in the inner room.

16 He made interwoven chains[a](A) and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates(B) and attached them to the chains. 17 He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[b] and the one to the north Boaz.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:16 Or possibly made chains in the inner sanctuary; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes.
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.