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Jachin
Firm. (1.) The fourth son of Simeon (Gen 46:10), called also Jarib (1 Chr 4:24).
(2.) The head of one of the courses (the twenty-first) of priests (1 Chr 24:17).
(3.) One of the priests who returned from the Exile (1 Chr 9:10).
Named in the Bible
8 verses
- Genesis 46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
- Exodus 6:15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
- Numbers 26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
- 1 Kings 7:21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
- 1 Chronicles 9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
- 1 Chronicles 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 And he reared 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.
- Nehemiah 11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
