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Variant of the name Jachin.

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It has been confused with Jacob and Jenkin when said aloud, but most people remember it after they have seen it written.

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The pillar in front of Solomon's Temple named after Jachin (1 Kings 7:15, 1 Kings 7:21; 2 Kings 11:14; 23:3).

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Jakin, an incorporated town in the southwest of the U.S. state of Georgia, takes its name from the pillar.