2 Chronicles 3:17
New English Translation
17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left.[a] He named the one on the right Yakin,[b] and the one on the left Boaz.[c]
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- 2 Chronicles 3:17 tn Or “one on the south and the other on the north.”
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 tn The name “Yakin” appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 tn The meaning of the name “Boaz” is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בֹּעַז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name as בְּעֹז (beʿoz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”
2 Chronicles 3:17
New International Version
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[a] and the one to the north Boaz.[b]
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- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
2 Chronicles 3:17
King James Version
17 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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