Person
Pharez
Also called Phares, Perez
Mentioned in 15 verses across 7 books, first in Nehemiah 11:4. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 2 verses in Nehemiah, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 11:4
while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
- Nehemiah 11:6
The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.
Events
Events the dataset lists Pharez as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 1721 BCBirth of Perez
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
'=Pharez, (q.v.), breach, the son of Judah (Neh. 11:4). “The chief of all the captains of the host for the first month” in the reign of David was taken from his family (1 Chr. 27:3). Four hundred and sixty-eight of his “sons” came back from captivity with Zerubbabel, who himself was one of them (1 Chr. 9:4; Neh. 11:6).