Boaz, besides being the name of the male lead character in the story of Ruth in the Bible, was the name of one of the pillars on the porch of the Temple of Solomon, and Jachin was the name of the other pillar. There has at times been some conversation about which pillar is the one on the right and which is on the left. Well, in 2nd Chronicles 3:17, it talks about the pillars on the porch of the temple. It is interesting to note that in the King James, (Authorized Version,) it says the one on the “right hand is Jachin, and the name of the one on the left is Boaz.” More than one Brother has asked, is that the right facing as going into the temple or coming out? The answer is found in the New International Version, (NIV) of the Bible where the very same text is translated this way: “He 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 Jachin and the one to the north, Boaz.” So that translation should make it much easier for us to remember which pillar is on which side. By the way, the New Living Testament, (NL,) also says north and south.
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