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.
Parallel Translations
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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.
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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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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.
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- 1 Kings 7:21 He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Jachin - That is, He shall establish. Boaz -…
Jachin - That is, He shall establish. Boaz - That is, In it is strength.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. He reared up the pillars] "The name…
Verse 17. He reared up the pillars] "The name of that on the right hand was Jachin, because the kingdom of the house of David was established; and the name of the left was Boaz, from the name of Boaz the patriarch of the family of Judah, from whom all the kings of the house of Judah have descended." - Targum. See on 1Kg 7:21; and see the parallel places for other matters contained in this chapter.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Booz. "Stability and strength" are derived from God alone.…
Booz. "Stability and strength" are derived from God alone. Thus Solomon designed to insinuate that God established the harmony of the universe. (Haydock) --- An orrery, or globe, was therefore placed on each of these pillars. (Parkhurst, in con.)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. he reared up] R.V. he set up (as…
17. he reared up] R.V. he set up (as in 1Ki_7:21).
Jachin … Boaz] R.V. mg. translates the two words; Jachin “he shall establish,” Boaz perhaps “In it is strength.” LXX. gives Κατόρθωσις (“setting up”) and Ἰσχύς (“strength”). The meaning of Boaz is quite uncertain.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) Before the temple.—Vulg., in vestibulo templi. So 1Ki_7:21…
(17) Before the temple.—Vulg., in vestibulo templi. So 1Ki_7:21 has, “at the porch of the temple.” 1Ki_7:22 adds, “and upon the top of the pillars was lily-work.”
Jachin . . . Boaz.—See 1Ki_7:21. “The description of the two brazen pillars,” says Reuss, “much more detailed in 1Ki_7:15 ff., has become almost unintelligible, under the pen of the abbreviate.” This is a strong exaggeration. He also pronounces the word bad-debîr in 2Ch_3:16 “absolutely unintelligible,” and to be accounted “foreign to the text.” How little we agree with this hasty decision will be evident from our Note on that verse.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Jachin Boaz. The margin of our Authorized Version gives…
Jachin Boaz. The margin of our Authorized Version gives with sufficient correctness the meaning of these names of the pillars, which purport to set forth the safety and sure strength that belong to those who wait on, and who calmly and constantly abide by, the Divine leading. The latter, however, is one word, a substantive, not a compound of preposition, pronoun, and substantive; and the former, though by derivation the future of the hiph. conjugation of the verb Wh, is established as a substantive in its own right.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:17 Jakin (“he establishes”) might refer to God’s promise…
3:17 Jakin (“he establishes”) might refer to God’s promise regarding the kingdom (see 1 Chr 17:7-14). Boaz (“in him is strength”) might have been a proclamation of trust in God. The gilded reliefs of cherubs, palms, and flowers adorning the doors and walls of the Temple suggest that the pillars were related to the tree of life (Gen 2:9).
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