2 Chronicles 3:16-17
1599 Geneva Bible
16 He made also chains for the Oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars, and made an [a]hundred pomegranates, and put them among the chains.
17 And he set up the pillars before the Temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left, and called that on the right hand Jachin, and that on the left hand Boaz.
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- 2 Chronicles 3:16 For every pillar an hundred, read 1 Kings 7:20.
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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