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text: The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.


text: Rectangular in shape. That is, rather than arched.


text: The name Jakin appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”


text: The meaning of the name Boaz is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בעז . One attractive option is to revocalize the name as בְּעֹז ( be ’ oz , “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”