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Nehemiah 7:8

NehemiahNeh 7
The sonnes of Parosh, two thousande an hundreth seuentie and two.
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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Parosh;   Pharosh;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocrypha;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Census;   Ezra, the Book of;   Hananiah;   Parosh;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Nehemiah;   Parosh;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acud;   Ammidioi;   Ezra, Book of;   Hagab;   Kilan;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Parosh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Parosh ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pu'rosh;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Parosh;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Ezra, Book of;  

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Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Parosh’s descendants 2,172
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Par`osh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
King James Version
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
English Standard Version
the sons of Parosh, 2,172.
New Century Version
the descendants of Parosh—2,172;
New English Translation
the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
Amplified Bible
the sons of Parosh, 2,172;
New American Standard Bible
the sons of Parosh, 2,172;
World English Bible
The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
Legacy Standard Bible
the sons of Parosh, 2,172;
Berean Standard Bible
the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
Contemporary English Version
Here is how many had returned from each family group: 2,172 from Parosh; 372 from Shephatiah; 652 from Arah; 2,818 from Pahath Moab, who were all descendants of Jeshua and Joab; 1,254 from Elam; 845 from Zattu; 760 from Zaccai; 648 from Binnui; 628 from Bebai; 2,322 from Azgad; 667 from Adonikam; 2,067 from Bigvai; 655 from Adin; 98 from Ater, also known as Hezekiah; 328 from Hashum; 324 from Bezai; 112 from Hariph; and 95 from Gibeon.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
Easy-to-Read Version
the descendants of Parosh 2172
George Lamsa Translation
The descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
Good News Translation
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Lexham English Bible
the descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
Literal Translation
the sons of Parosh were two thousand, one hundred and seventy two.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Pareos were two thousande, an hundreth and two and seuentye:
American Standard Version
The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.
Bible in Basic English
The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The children of Pharaos, were two thousand an hundred seuentie and two.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.
King James Version (1611)
The children of Parosh, two thousand, an hundred, seuentie and two.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The children of Phoros, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
English Revised Version
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred and seventy and two.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the sones of Pharos, two thousynde an hundrid and two and seuenti; the sones of Saphaie,
Update Bible Version
The sons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.
Webster's Bible Translation
The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy two.
New King James Version
the sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
New Living Translation
The family of Parosh 2,172
New Life Bible
2,172 sons of Parosh,
New Revised Standard
the descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred, and seventy-two;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The children of Pharos, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
Revised Standard Version
the sons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy-two.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Parosh: two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the sons of Parosh, 2,172;
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Contextual Overview

5 And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a booke of the genealogie of them, which came vp at the first, and found written therein, 6 These are the sonnes of the prouince that came vp from the captiuitie that was caried away (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had caryed away) and they returned to Ierusalem and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie. 7 They which came with Zerubbabel, Ieshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Biguai, Nehum, Baanah. This is the nomber of the men of the people of Israel. 8 The sonnes of Parosh, two thousande an hundreth seuentie and two. 9 The sonnes of Shephatiah, three hundreth seuentie and two. 10 The sonnes of Arah, sixe hundreth fiftie and two. 11 The sonnes of Pahath Moab of ye sonnes of Ieshua, & Ioab, two thousand, eight hundreth and eighteene. 12 The sonnes of Elam, a thousand, two hundreth fiftie and foure. 13 The sonnes of Zattu, eight hundreth and fiue and fourtie. 14 The sonnes of Zacchai, seuen hundreth & three score.
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Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Parosh: Nehemiah 10:14, Ezra 2:3, Ezra 8:3, Pharosh, Nehemiah 10:25

Reciprocal: Ezra 10:25 - sons of Parosh Nehemiah 3:25 - Parosh

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 7:8. The children of Parosh — As this chapter is almost entirely the same with the second chapter of the book of Ezra, it is not necessary to add any thing to what is said there; and to that chapter, and the accompanying notes, the reader is requested to refer.

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