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Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
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Parosh (2)
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(Heb. Parosh', פִּרְעשׁ, flea; Sept. Φόρος, but Φαρές in Ezra 2:3; A.V. Pharosh," in Ezra 8:3), a Jew whose retainers or descendants, in number 2172, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 7:8). Another detachment of 150 males, with Zechariah at their head, accompanied Ezra (Ezra 8:3). Seven of the family had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:25). They assisted in the building of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:25), and signed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:14), either individually, or perhaps representatively in the person of Parosh himself, if then surviving. B.C. ante 545-445.