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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WEBBE

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.

BSB

Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

KJV

And 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 he called the name thereof Boaz.

ASV

And he set up the pillars at 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.

BBE

He put up the pillars at the doorway of the Temple, naming the one on the right Jachin, and that on the left Boaz.

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וַיָּקֶם vai·ya·kem and he set up H6965 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָעַמֻּדִים ha·'a·mu·dim the pillars H5982 לְאֻלָם le·'u·lam of [the] porch of H197 הַהֵיכָל ha·hei·khal the temple H1964 וַיָּקֶם vai·ya·kem and he set up H6965 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָעַמּוּד ha·'a·mud the pillar H5982 הַיְמָנִי hay·ma·ni (the) south H3233 וַיִּקְרָא vai·yik·ra' and he called H7121 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 שְׁמוֹ she·mo name its H8034 יָכִין ya·khin Jakin H3199 וַיָּקֶם vai·ya·kem and he set up H6965 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָעַמּוּד ha·'a·mud the pillar H5982 הַשְּׂמָאלִי ha·se·ma·li (the) north H8042 וַיִּקְרָא vai·yik·ra' and he called H7121 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 שְׁמוֹ she·mo name its H8034 בֹּעַז bo·'az Boaz H1162

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 13–47

The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must wait for the gifts of grace, in use of the means of grace. Spiritual priests and spiritual sacrifices must be washed in the laver of Christ's blood, and of regeneration. We must wash often, for we daily contract pollution. There are full means provided for our cleansing; so that if we have our lot for ever among the unclean it will be our own fault. Let us bless God for the fountain opened by the sacrifice of Christ for sin and for uncleanness.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.