Not necessarily. The word as written may well be a participle of 'MN "support", and so would suggest something like "supports", rather than "doorposts" which support only doors.
But there are many other concepts which could fit the context. The BHS margin notes a Latin version "clypeos", meaning "shields"; the suggestion there is that this is a textual error for MAGINNOT - not the French defensive line, but the Hebrew equivalent, "shields" - but quite possible 'OMEN could mean "shield", as an extension of "what is relied upon".
And from 1 Kings 14:26-28 we have evidence of gold shields associated with royalty and the temple - replaced with bronze by Rehoboam, but it is quite plausible that Hezekiah had restored gold or at least gold-plated shields.
There was no reason for the author to avoid the normal words for "pillar" for variety, as the normal words are not used in the nearby context.
Of course the same applies to the normal words for "shield". But the fact remains that we have a word whose meaning can only be guessed at, and the context gives us no good reason to prefer "pillar", "doorpost", "shield", or perhaps other suggestions.
The LXX is to the Hebrew text what the Living Bible is to the english.
LXX, by the way, translates with a passive participle, "strengthened things", although in Hebrew the participle is passive.
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