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19 The tops of the two pillars were in the shape of flowers called lilies. Each one was 1.8 metres high. 20 There were pictures of 200 pomegranates in two rows all around the top of each pillar. They were next to the chains above the round shape at the top of the pillar.

21 Hiram put these two pillars at the entrance room of the temple, in front of the big hall, the hall of pillars in the temple. He called the pillar on the south side ‘Jakin’. He called the pillar on the north side ‘Boaz’.

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19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits[a] high. 20 On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates(A) in rows all around. 21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin[b] and the one to the north Boaz.[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:19 That is, about 6 feet or about 1.8 meters; also in verse 38
  2. 1 Kings 7:21 Jakin probably means he establishes.
  3. 1 Kings 7:21 Boaz probably means in him is strength.