Ezra 2:3
The descendants of Parosh: 2,172.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
In Context
4The descendants of Shephatiah: 372.
Cross References
Ezra 8:1These are the leaders of their ancestors' families who left Babylon with me during the reign of King Artaxerxes.
Ezra 10:25Among the rest of the Israelites—among the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah. + 10:25 Instead of the second occurrence of Malchijah , some modern versions substitute Hashabiah .
Nehemiah 7:8The descendants of Parosh, 2,172.
Matthew Henry on Ezra 2:2-36
The Return of the Captives. ( b. c. 536.) 1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy… Read the whole commentary →