עזרא, פרק ח׳, פסוק ג׳

The record of the returnees from Babylon carefully details the lineage of the various families and their designated leaders. The primary approach among commentators is that the specific family tracing back through Shecaniah and Parosh represents a single group led by Zechariah. However, there are different perspectives on the exact relationship between these ancestral names. One view suggests that Shecaniah was a direct descendant of Parosh [מצודת דוד]. Another perspective proposes that Shecaniah was a highly prominent figure, perhaps a descendant of Zerubbabel, and Parosh served as the head of a specific branch within his broader family [ביאור שטיינזלץ]. The inclusion of Parosh in this lineage was necessary to clearly distinguish this particular branch from another family line descending from a different son of Shecaniah, Jahaziel [אבן עזרא].

The process of registration here means being officially recorded and counted based on family ties. Alongside Zechariah's own lineage, all the male members of his family were documented and counted as a single unit [רש״י, אבן עזרא, ביאור שטיינזלץ]. In total, this group consisted of one hundred and fifty men. They were all recorded together under Zechariah's name because he was the established head of the family, and their close relation to him was clear and widely recognized by everyone [מצודת דוד].