• The name given (for what reason is unknown) to one of the two (the other was called Jachin) brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chronicles 3:17 ). These pillars were broken up and carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.

    Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

    Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Boaz'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/boaz.html. 1897.