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21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar and called the name thereof Jachin [that is, He shall establish], and he set up the left pillar and called the name thereof Boaz [that is, In it is strength].

22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work; so was the work of the pillars finished.

23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other; it was round all about, and his height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

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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) 22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars(B) was completed.

23 He made the Sea(C) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line(D) of thirty cubits[c] to measure around it.

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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.
  3. 1 Kings 7:23 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters