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Pharaoh

פַּרְעֹה · par.oh · H6547M“that disperses; that spoils” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in 1 Chronicles

Who he was

This Pharaoh is mentioned briefly in the genealogy of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:18) as the father of Bithiah, who married Mered, a descendant of Judah through Ezrah. The genealogy states that Mered had two wives, one of whom was "Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh."

No further information is provided about this Pharaoh or his daughter Bithiah. The marriage of a Judahite to an Egyptian princess is unusual, and some scholars suggest that this may be a symbolic or metaphorical reference rather than a historical event. Others propose that Bithiah may have been the daughter of an Egyptian official or a lesser royal rather than the ruler himself.

Given the lack of historical details and the context of the passage, it is difficult to determine the specific identity of this Pharaoh or the time period in which this marriage might have taken place.

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Family

ChildrenBithiah
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Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Chronicles 1 mention

What the dictionary says

The official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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