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2 Chronicles 3:16-17
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2 Chronicles 3:16-17
Easy-to-Read Version
16 He made chains in a necklace and put them on the tops of the columns. He made 100 pomegranates[a] and put them on the chains. 17 Then he put the columns up in front of the Temple. One column stood on the right side. The other column stood on the left side. He named the column on the right side “Jakin.”[b] And he named the column on the left side “Boaz.”[c]
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- 2 Chronicles 3:16 pomegranates Small bells shaped like pomegranates, a red fruit with many tiny seeds covered with a soft, juicy part of the fruit. Also in 4:13.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin In Hebrew, Jakin seems to mean “he establishes.”
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz In Hebrew, Boaz seems to mean “in him is strength.”
2 Chronicles 3:16-17
New International Version
2 Chronicles 3:16-17
New International Version
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]
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:16 Or possibly made chains in the inner sanctuary; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
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