Barkos
בַּרְקוֹס · bar.qos · H13022 mentions in 2 books, most in Ezra (1)
Who he was
Barkos is mentioned in Ezra 2:53 and Nehemiah 7:55 as the ancestor of a family of temple servants (Nethinim) who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile. The temple servants were a group of people assigned to assist the Levites in the maintenance and service of the temple. The lists in Ezra and Nehemiah record the names of the families who returned to Judah to resettle and rebuild the temple.
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Every mention
2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Ezra 1 mention
Nehemiah 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Painter, (Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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