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Shechaniah

of the sons of Pharosh

Ancestor of Zechariah who returned with Ezra, named as a family head within the clan of Pharosh in Ezra 8.

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Who or what is this?

Shechaniah of the house of Pharosh is mentioned in 8:3 as the ancestor of Zechariah, who led 150 men of his family back to with Ezra. The reference establishes Shechaniah as the ancestral head of a recognized family within the clan of Pharosh. No further details about Shechaniah himself appear in the text; he is known from this single genealogical notice in Ezra.

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