Dict: smith - BOAZ

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BOAZ - B>@ - (fleetness). A wealthy Bethlehemite kinsman to Elimelech the husband of Naomi. He married Ruth, and redeemed the estates of her deceased husband Mahlon. kjv@Ruth:4:1) Boaz is mentioned in the genealogy of Christ, kjv@Matthew:1:5) (B.C. 1250, but there is great difficulty in assigning his date.) The name of one of Solomon’s brazen pillars erected in the temple porch. JACHIN It stood on the left, and was eighteen cubits high. (Kings:7:15; 21; kjv@2Chronicles:3:15; kjv@Jeremiah:52:21)