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2 Chronicles 3:17

And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

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KJV King James Version

And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.

WEB World English Bible

He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

ASV American Standard Version

And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And he raiseth up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right, and one on the left, and calleth the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 3

14 And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.

16 And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put [them] on the chains.

17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

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וַיָּ֤קֶםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamai אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙H5982 · am.mudpillar עַל־H5921 · alupon פְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: before הַהֵיכָ֔לH1964 · he.khaltemple אֶחָ֥דH259 · e.chadone מִיָּמִ֖יןH3225 · ya.minright וְאֶחָ֣דH259 · e.chadone מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אולH8040 · se.mo.lleft וַיִּקְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call to שֵׁם־H8034 · shemname הַיְמָנִי֙H3233 · ye.ma.niright יָכִ֔יןH3199 · ya.khinJachin וְשֵׁ֥םH8034 · shemname הַשְּׂמָאלִ֖יH8042 · se.ma.lileft בֹּֽעַז׃ סH1162 · bo.azBoaz

Cross-references

1 Kings 7:21And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

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