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1st Kings Chapter 7 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV 1stKings 7:21

And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
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BBE 1stKings 7:21

He put up the pillars at the doorway of the Temple, naming the one on the right Jachin, and that on the left Boaz.
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DARBY 1stKings 7:21

And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.
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KJV 1stKings 7:21

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: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
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WBT 1stKings 7:21

And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.
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WEB 1stKings 7:21

He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name of it Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name of it Boaz.
read chapter 7 in WEB

YLT 1stKings 7:21

And he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21 - And he set up the pillars in the porch [We are now confronted by the much vexed questions, (1) What was the position, and (2) what the purpose, of these two columns? Were they in the porch, or before it? And were they architectural or monumental? Did they support the roof of the porch, or were they isolated and detached, after the manner of obelisks? I incline to the opinion of Bahr, that they stood in the porch, but that they formed no part of the building, i.e., that they were not for any structural use, but simply for ornament. This appears to me, on the whole, to result from the following considerations: . . .

Ellicott's Commentary