2 Chronicles 3:17 BSB

2 Chronicles 3:17

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 1Ki 7:21 (note); and see the parallel places for other matters contained in this chapter.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Jachin - That is, He shall establish. Boaz - That is, In it is strength.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֤קֶם	vai.Ya.kem	and he set up	H6965 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙	ha.'a.mu.Dim	the pillars	H5982 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פְּנֵ֣י	pe.Nei	[the] face	H6440 →
הַהֵיכָ֔ל	ha.hei.Khal	the temple	H1964 →
אֶחָ֥ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
מִיָּמִ֖ין	mi.ya.Min	from [the] south	H3225 →
וְאֶחָ֣ד	ve.'e.Chad	and one	H259 →
מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אול	me.ha.se.Mol	from the north	H8040 →
וַיִּקְרָ֤א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called	H7121 →
שֵׁם־	shem-	[the] name of	H8034 →
הַיְמָנִי֙	hay.mi.ni	the south [one]	H3233 →
יָכִ֔ין	ya.Khin	Jakin	H3199 →
וְשֵׁ֥ם	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
הַשְּׂמָאלִ֖י	ha.se.ma.Li	the north [one]	H8042 →
בֹּֽעַז׃ ס	Bo.'az	Boaz	H1162 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 7:21
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.
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.

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