2 Chronicles 3:17
in 2 Chronicles 3Then 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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 3
Commentary
6 notes on this verseHe 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 1Ki 7:21 (note); and see the parallel places for other matters contained in this chapter.
This site's exposition
In front of the temple he made two pillars
on 2 Chronicles 3:15-17
Chronicles tells of the pillars in three verses against the eight of 1 Kings 7:15-22. Here “a hundred pomegranates” hang in the chainwork, where 1 Kings 7:20 sets two hundred around each capital. Barnes judges the Hebrew probably corrupt at the word the older English rendered as in the oracle.
This site's exposition
he named Jachin
The pillar on the south was named Jachin, He shall establish, and on the north Boaz, In it is strength, as Wesley gives them. The Targum, quoted by Clarke, names Jachin for the kingdom of David, now established. It names Boaz for the ancestor of the kings of Judah.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Jachin - That is, He shall establish. Boaz - That is, In it is strength.
That was typical of Christ's sacrifice of himself; therefore fitly was the temple, which was likewise a type of him, built there. It must be where the Lord appeared to David, and answered him by fire, 1 Chron. xxi. There atonement was made once; and therefore, in remembrance of that, there atonement must still be made.
The veil - The inner veil before the most holy place. This denoted the darkness of that dispensation and the distance at which the worshippers were kept. But at the death of Christ this veil was rent; for thro' him we are brought nigh, and have boldness, or liberty, not only to look, but to enter into the holiest.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֤קֶם | vaiyakem | and he set up | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙ | haamudim | the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֣י | penei | [the] face | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַהֵיכָ֔ל | haheikhal | the temple | H1964 → | 80 times |
| אֶחָ֥ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מִיָּמִ֖ין | miyamin | from [the] south | H3225 → | 140 times |
| וְאֶחָ֣ד | veechad | and one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אול | mehasemol | from the north | H8040 → | 54 times |
| וַיִּקְרָ֤א | vaiyikra' | and he called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שֵׁם־ | shem- | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הַיְמָנִי֙ | haymini | the south [one] | H3233 → | 32 times |
| יָכִ֔ין | yakhin | Jakin | H3199 → | |
| וְשֵׁ֥ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הַשְּׂמָאלִ֖י | hasemali | the north [one] | H8042 → | |
| בֹּֽעַז׃ ס | boaz | Boaz | H1162 → |
וַיָּ֤קֶםand he set up
vaiyakemH6965 →628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙the pillars
haamudimH5982 →111 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֣י[the] face
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַהֵיכָ֔לthe temple
haheikhalH1964 →80 times
אֶחָ֥דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מִיָּמִ֖יןfrom [the] south
miyaminH3225 →140 times
וְאֶחָ֣דand one
veechadH259 →971 times
מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אולfrom the north
mehasemolH8040 →54 times
וַיִּקְרָ֤אand he called
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
שֵׁם־[the] name of
shem-H8034 →864 times
הַיְמָנִי֙the south [one]
hayminiH3233 →32 times
יָכִ֔יןJakin
yakhinH3199 →
וְשֵׁ֥םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
הַשְּׂמָאלִ֖יthe north [one]
hasemaliH8042 →
בֹּֽעַז׃ סBoaz
boazH1162 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 7:21Thus 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.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:3
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
- Ruth 4:21
Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
- Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness…
- Ezekiel 40:48–49
Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and…
- 1 Kings 7:12
The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 6:3
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.