Topic
Phoros
5 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Ezra 2:3ISBE
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
- Ezra 8:3ISBE
Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
- 1 Esdras 5:9ISBE
The number of them of the nation, and their governors, sons of Phoros, two thousand an hundred seventy and two; the sons of Saphat, four hundred seventy and two:
- 1 Esdras 8:30ISBE
Of the sons of Pharez, Zacharias; and with him were counted an hundred and fifty men:
- 1 Esdras 9:26ISBE
Of them of Israel, of the sons of Phoros; Hiermas, and Eddias, and Melchias, and Maelus, and Eleazar, and Asibias, and Baanias.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
fo'-ros (Phoros; Codex Vaticanus (Swete) Phares (1 Esdras 8:30, where the King James Version Pharez)): Name of one of the families, part of whom went up from the exile with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:9) and part with Ezra (8:30 the Revised Version (British and American)) equals "Parosh" of Ezr 2:3; 8:3, and some members of which had taken "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:26).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.