21 (A)He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz.

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21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin[a] and the one to the north Boaz.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:21 Jakin probably means he establishes.
  2. 1 Kings 7:21 Boaz probably means in him is strength.

17 (A)He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.

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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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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes.
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.

18 And I, behold, I make you this day (A)a fortified city, (B)an iron pillar, and (C)bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

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18 Today I have made you(A) a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land.

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and when James and Cephas and John, (A)who seemed to be (B)pillars, perceived the (C)grace that was given to me, they (D)gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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James,(A) Cephas[a](B) and John, those esteemed as pillars,(C) gave me and Barnabas(D) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.(E) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,(F) and they to the circumcised.

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  1. Galatians 2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14

Surely[a] goodness and mercy[b] shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall (A)dwell[c] in the house of the Lord
    (B)forever.[d]

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  1. Psalm 23:6 Or Only
  2. Psalm 23:6 Or steadfast love
  3. Psalm 23:6 Or shall return to dwell
  4. Psalm 23:6 Hebrew for length of days

Surely your goodness and love(A) will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

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(A)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may (B)dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon (C)the beauty of the Lord
    and to inquire[a] in his temple.

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  1. Psalm 27:4 Or meditate

One thing(A) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,(B)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.

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