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Nuremberg chronicles f 63r 1Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Text: Hartmann Schedel)

Pharosh

/FAY-rosh/

Summary

Pharosh is an alternate spelling of Parosh, ancestor of a family that returned from Babylonian exile.

☩Alternative Spelling

Pharosh (also Parosh) was the ancestor of a significant family that returned from exile under Zerubbabel and later under Ezra. Members of his family helped rebuild Jerusalem's walls and sealed the covenant under Nehemiah.

Key verses:Ezra 8:3

Related Verses4 mentions

Ezra· 2 verses

8:310:25

Nehemiah· 2 verses

7:810:14

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Pharosh," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. VII (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).