("he will establish"), implying "stability." The right hand or S. pillar of the two "in the porch of" (1Ki 7:21,39), or "before," Solomon's temple (2Ch 3:17).
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.
And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
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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