Bible Characters & Character Studies
Perez
First appears at 1 Chronicles 27:3
First named in Scripture at 1 Chronicles 27:3 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
=Pharez, (q.v.), breach, the son of Judah (Nehemiah 11:4). “The chief of all the captains of the host for the first month” in the reign of David was taken from his family (1 Chronicles 27:3). Four hundred and sixty-eight of his “sons” came back from captivity with Zerubbabel, who himself was one of them (1 Chronicles 9:4; Nehemiah 11:6).