2 Chronicles 3:17

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17Then they put the two pillars at the entrance of the temple. One pillar stood on the south side of the entrance. The other pillar stood on the north side. Solomon called the pillar on the south side ‘Jakin’. He called the pillar on the north side ‘Boaz’.3:17 Jakin probably means ‘God makes it strong’. Boaz probably means ‘with strength’.