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20 The capitals were on top of both pillars, above the ·bowl-shaped [round] section and next to the nets. At that place there were two hundred pomegranates in rows all around the capitals. 21 ·Huram [L He] put these two bronze pillars at the ·porch [portico; entrance] of the ·Temple [L house]. He named the ·south [right-hand] pillar ·He Establishes [L Jachin] and the ·north [left-hand] pillar ·In Him Is Strength [L Boaz]. 22 The capitals on top of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work on the pillars was finished [C pillars represent establishment].

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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[a] and the one to the north Boaz.[b](B) 22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars(C) was completed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:21 Jakin probably means he establishes.
  2. 1 Kings 7:21 Boaz probably means in him is strength.

20 The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, by the convex surface which was next to the network; and there were (A)two hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around.

21 (B)Then he set up the pillars by the vestibule of the temple; he set up the pillar on the right and called its name [a]Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name [b]Boaz. 22 The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:21 Lit. He Shall Establish
  2. 1 Kings 7:21 Lit. In It Is Strength