II Chronicles 3:17 Kabbalah: Zohar

וַיָּ֤קֶם אֶת־הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַהֵיכָ֔ל אֶחָ֥ד מִיָּמִ֖ין וְאֶחָ֣ד מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אול וַיִּקְרָ֤א שֵׁם־הימיני [הַיְמָנִי֙] יָכִ֔ין וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשְּׂמָאלִ֖י בֹּֽעַז׃ (ס)

And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

Zohar

Thus his sin was an offence against the Holy One alone. And in what did that offence consist? Not in that he commanded Joab to set Uriah in the forefront of the battle so that he might be killed-for David had a right to do that, as Uriah called Joab “my lord Joab” while in the king’s presence, which was disrespectful (lese-majeste’)-but because he did not kill him then, but let him be killed by the sword of the children of Ammon (Ibid. 5, 24);
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