<P> According to Josephus, he lived at the time of Eli . </P> <P> "Boaz" was the name of the left one of the two frontal columns of Solomon's Temple, the other being "Jachin". Its meaning is a subject of controversy . </P> <P> Boaz is mentioned in both the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke as an ancestor of Jesus . </P> <P> In the Talmud, some rabbis identify Boaz with the judge Ibzan of Bethlehem . "I.e., Bethlehem in Zebulun"; cf . Joshua 19: 15 . Let it be taken into consideration, however, that Boaz "of Ruth" was from Judah, whereas the two chieftains immediately ulterior to Ibzan were from Zebulun . A legend is given that he lost all his sixty children during his lifetime because he did not invite Manoah, Samson's father, to any of the marriage festivities at his house . Since Manoah was at that time without children, Boaz thought that he did not need to consider on such occasions a childless man who could not pay him back in kind (Bava Batra 91a). </P>

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