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2 Chronicles 3:16-17
Good News Translation
2 Chronicles 3:16-17
Good News Translation
16 The tops of the columns were decorated with a design of interwoven chains and one hundred bronze pomegranates.[a] 17 The columns were set at the sides of the Temple entrance: the one on the south side was named Jachin[b] and the one on the north side was named Boaz.[c]
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- 2 Chronicles 3:16 Verse 16 in Hebrew is unclear.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “he (God) establishes.”
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “by his (God's) strength.”
2 Chronicles 3:16-17
New International Version
2 Chronicles 3:16-17
New International Version
16 He made interwoven chains[a](A) and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates(B) and attached them to the chains. 17 He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[b] and the one to the north Boaz.[c]
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:16 Or possibly made chains in the inner sanctuary; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
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