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Pu'rosh. (flea). The descendants of Parosh, in number, 2172, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 7:8. Another detachment of 150 males, with Zechariah at their head, accompanied Ezra. Ezra 8:3. They assisted in the building of the well of Jerusalem, Nehemiah 3:26, and signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Nehemiah 10:14. (B.C. before 535-445).