International Standard Bible Encyclopedia BARCHUS bar'-kus (Codex Vaticanus, Bachous; Codex Alexandrinus, Barchoue; the King James Version Charchus, from Aldine edition, Charkous; 1 Esdras 5:32 = Barkos (Ezra 2:53 Nehemiah 7:55)): The descendants of Barchus (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem.
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