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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