2 Chronicles 3:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.”

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BSBPD

“Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he raiseth up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right, and one on the left, and calleth the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 3:17 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 7:21Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

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