He also made before the house That is, before the holy house, or temple, as it is explained 2 Chronicles 3:17; two pillars of thirty and five cubits high Namely, both taken together, being each near eighteen cubits, 1 Kings 7:15. He made chains as in the oracle Like unto those which he made in the oracle, of which see 1 Kings 6:21. And made a hundred pomegranates In each row, or two hundred in all, as it is said 1 Kings 7:20. These pillars, according to the signification of their names, Jachin and Boaz, mean establishment and strength. See the margin.
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2 Chronicles 3:15-16
15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high,g and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
16 And 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.