The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
- BSB the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
- NKJV the people of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
- NASB the sons of Parosh, 2,172;
- NLT The family of Parosh 2,172
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Quick answer
The descendants of Parosh numbered 2,172 among the returnees. Each family group is counted as part of the restored people.
Overview
The census now lists families by ancestral house, beginning with the large clan of Parosh. Recording exact numbers shows that God knows and values His people individually, not merely as a mass. These names testify that the remnant returned in real, countable households to rebuild covenant life.
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Cross-references · 3
- Ezra 8:3Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
- Ezra 10:25Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
- Neh 7:8The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
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