3 a descendant of Shecaniah. From the family of Parosh: Zechariah and 150 other men were registered.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezra 8:3

Commentary on Ezra 8:1-20

(Read Ezra 8:1-20)

Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him. What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of being spoken to!