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21 That’s how he designed the pillars at the portico of the sanctuary. When he set up the right pillar, he named it Jachin.[a] When he set up the left pillar, he named it Boaz.[b] 22 The work on the pillars was finished with a lily design on top of the pillars.

The Bronze Sea

23 Hiram[c] also made a sea of cast metal ten cubits[d] from brim to brim, circular in shape and five cubits[e] and 30 cubits[f] in its inner circumference.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:21 The name means He Established
  2. 1 Kings 7:21 The name means In Strength
  3. 1 Kings 7:23 Lit. He
  4. 1 Kings 7:23 I.e. about fifteen feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  5. 1 Kings 7:23 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  6. 1 Kings 7:23 I.e. 45 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches