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19 The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet[a] tall. 20 The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework. 21 Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:19 Hebrew 4 cubits [1.8 meters]; also in 7:38.
  2. 7:21 Jakin probably means “he establishes”; Boaz probably means “in him is strength.”

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