Keros is mentioned as the ancestor of a family of temple servants (Nethinim) who returned from the Babylonian exile to Jerusalem. His descendants are listed among those who came back with Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple and restore worship in Israel.
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Listed Among the Temple Servants in Ezra's Record
Keros' descendants are mentioned among the temple servants (Nethinim) who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem after the exile, as recorded in the book of Ezra.
Along with other families of temple servants, Keros' descendants returned to serve at the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem and support the priests and Levites in their duties.
Nehemiah carried out a thorough registration of all families that had returned from exile, including the temple servant families to which Keros' lineage belonged.
5Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had come up first, and I found written in it:
6These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
7They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: