17 There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork e for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars ; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital . 18 So he made the pillars , and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates ; and so he did for the other capital . 19 The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design , four cubits . 20 There were capitals on the two pillars , even above e and close e to the rounded projection which was beside the network ; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals . 21 Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave ; and he set up the right pillar and named e it Jachin , and he set up the left pillar and named e it Boaz . 22 On the top of the pillars was lily design . So the work of the pillars was finished .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 7:17-22
Commentary on 1 Kings 7:13-47
(Read 1 Kings 7:13-47)
The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must wait for the gifts of grace, in use of the means of grace. Spiritual priests and spiritual sacrifices must be washed in the laver of Christ's blood, and of regeneration. We must wash often, for we daily contract pollution. There are full means provided for our cleansing; so that if we have our lot for ever among the unclean it will be our own fault. Let us bless God for the fountain opened by the sacrifice of Christ for sin and for uncleanness.