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Jachin
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The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Jachin. Jump to one below, or read in order.
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Jachin (1)
#The fourth son of Simeon (Gen. 46:10), called also Jarib (1 Chr. 4:24).
Jachin (2)
#The head of one of the courses (the twenty-first) of priests (1 Chr. 24:17).
Jachin (3)
#One of the priests who returned from the Exile (1 Chr. 9:10).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(he shall establish).
One of the two pillars which were set up “in the porch,” (1 Kings 7:21) or before the temple. (2 Chronicles 3:17) of Solomon. [Boaz] Fourth son of Simeon, (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15) founder of the family of the Jachinites. (Numbers 26:12) Head of the twenty-first course of priests in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 9:10; 24:17; Nehemiah 11:10)
In the Bible
8
Verses where Jachin is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 9:10
From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;
- 1 Chronicles 24:17
the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
- 1 Kings 7:21
Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17
Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
- Exodus 6:15
The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
- Genesis 46:10
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
+2 more verses naming Jachin.
Scripture on Jachin
9
Entries that reference Jachin
5
Jachin references
12
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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