From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jakin,

what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.

Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

A wicked person shows boldness with his face, but as for the upright, he discerns his ways.

He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin, and the one on the left Boaz.

Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

then they said to him, “Say ‘Shibboleth!’” If he said, “Sibboleth” (and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell dead.

He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right side and called it Jakin; he erected the other pillar on the left side and called it Boaz.