7:21 Two pillars erected in the porch of Solomon’s temple: Jachin on the right and Boaz on the left.
Jachin יכין Yakiyn pronounced yaw-keen. Jachin = “(God) He will establish”.
Bo‘az בעז = “fleetness”, “in him (God) is strength”
Hiram חירם Chiyram pronounced khee-rawm
Hiram / Huram = “noble”
1) the king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem to build both the palace for David and the temple for Solomon
2) the chief architect and engineer of Solomon’s temple sent by King Hiram to Solomon
Tyre or Tyrus = “a rock”. The Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast, very ancient, large, splendid, flourishing in commerce, and powerful by land and sea.
Now located in Lebanon, with Tyre 20 mi south of Sidon and only 12 mi north of the Israel.
In the time of King David a friendly alliance was entered into between the Hebrews and the Tyrians, who were long ruled over by their native kings 2 Sa 5:11; 1 Ki 5:1; 2 Ch 2:3. It is referred to in Mt 11:21; Acts 12:20. In A.D. 1291 it was taken by the Saracens. Both Tyre and Sidon, the wickedness and idolatry of this city are frequently denounced by the prophets, and its final destruction is predicted Isa 23:1; Jer 25:22; Eze 26:1-2; 28:1-19; Amos 1:9,10; Zec 9:2-4. The commerce of the whole world was gathered into the warehouses of Tyre. “Tyrian merchants were the first who ventured to navigate the Mediterranean waters; and they founded their colonies on the coasts and neighbouring islands of the Ægean Sea, in Greece, on the northern coast of Africa, at Carthage and other places, in Sicily and Corsica, in Spain at Tartessus, and even beyond the pillars of Hercules at Gadeira (Cadiz)”.