1 Kings7:21

Translation

He raised up the pillars on the porch of the sanctuary; he raised the pillar on the right side and called its name JAKIN,

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and he raised the pillar on the left side and called its name BOAZ.

Paraphrase

He set up the two pillars you have come to know on the porch of the temple sanctuary (the holy place); he set up the pillar on the right and gave it [an inscription with] the name HE WILL ESTABLISH, and he set up the pillar on the left and gave it [an inscription with] the name IN STRENGTH.

Footnotes

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Naming pillars has not caught on as a common custom, but when you read the next footnote you will see the power and beauty of it. I cannot be sure that Solomon had each name inscribed on the pillar for all to see, but I imagine that he did. Why give something a special name and expect oral tradition to pass it along when you could have inscribed in stone?