2 Chronicles 3:14-17

New International Version

¹⁴He made the curtain^(A) of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim^(B) worked into it.

¹⁵For the front of the temple he made two pillars,^(C) which together were thirty-five cubits^[a] long, each with a capital^(D) five cubits high. ¹⁶He made interwoven chains^[b]^(E) and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates^(F) and attached them to the chains. ¹⁷He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin^[c] and the one to the north Boaz.^[d]

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Footnotes

2 Chronicles 3:15 That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters
2 Chronicles 3:16 Or possibly made chains in the inner sanctuary; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes.
2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.

2 Chronicles 3:14-17

King James Version

¹⁴And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

¹⁵Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

¹⁶And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

¹⁷And 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.

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2 Chronicles 3:14-17

New King James Version

¹⁴And he made the ^(A)veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it.

¹⁵Also he made in front of the ^[a]temple ^(B)two pillars ^[b]thirty-five cubits ^[c]high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. ¹⁶He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made ^(C)one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork. ¹⁷Then he ^(D)set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand ^[d]Jachin, and the name of the one on the left ^[e]Boaz.