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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon’s temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubits high and twelve in circumference (Jer. 52:21, 23; 1 Kings 7:17-21). They had doubtless a symbolical import.
Scripture on Jachin and Boaz
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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