Boaz and Jachin
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Boaz and Jachin were the name of the two pillars that stood in the porch of Solomon's Temple, the first Temple in Jerusalem (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Kings 11:14; 23:3). Boaz ("in strength") was on the left, and Jachin ("he establishes"), also spelled Jakin (יָכִין, Standard Hebrew Yaḫin, Tiberian Hebrew Yāḵîn) was on the right.
The pillars are said to have been huge, nearly 6 feet thick and 27 feet tall. The chapiters or capitals on top of the columns were made of brass 8 feet high, decorated with brass lilies.
It is written that King Solomon sent to the King of Tyre for help in the building of his temple. (1 Kings 5) To his aid, he sent Hiram, a widow's son, but also a man of Tyre. (1 Kings 7).Hiram was an expert in crafting brass.
He cast the pillars eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits around, and hollow, 4 fingers thick. (Jeremiah 52:21-22). The bowl of each chapiter was covered with nets of checkerwork, decorated with rows of two hundred pomegranates, wreathed with seven chains for each chapiter, and topped with lilies. (1 Kings 7:13-22, 41-42)
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