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Jachin

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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1. The righthand pillar of the two brazen ones set up in the porch of the Temple of Solomon, that on the left or north being called "Boaz" (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chronicles 3:17). For an elaborate reconstruction of these pillars based on Assyrian and Egyptian models and on the parallel description in Jeremiah 52:21-23, see Perrot and Chipiez, "History of Art in Sardinia and Judæa," pp. 250-257, and plates and , London, n.d. Comp. Freemasonry. 2. Fourth son of Simeon and founder of the family of the Jachinites (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12). In the parallel list of 1 Chronicles 4:24 his name is given as "Jarib." 3. Head of the twenty-first division of priests in the time of David (1 Chronicles 24:17); his descendants returned from Babylon (ib. 9:10; Nehemiah 11:10).

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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Jachin'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​j/jachin.html. 1901.
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