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Ezekiel 1:2
2In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
Ezekiel 1:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
- New International Version (NIV)On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
- English Standard Version (ESV)On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin),
- New King James Version (NKJV)On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
Context of Ezekiel 1:2
1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourthmonth, in the fifthday of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. 4And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and from the midst of it as the colour of amber, from the midst of the fire.
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בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הִ֚יא הַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֔ית לְגָל֖וּת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ יוֹיָכִֽין׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 1:2
- Ezekiel 8:1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixthmonth, in the fifthday of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
- Ezekiel 20:1And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifthmonth, the tenthday of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
- Ezekiel 29:1In the tenth year, in the tenthmonth, in the twelfthday of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 31:1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the thirdmonth, in the firstday of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 40:1In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was smitten, in the same day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me there.
- 2 Kings 24:12And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 1:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Jehoiachin's captivity - Called also Jeconiah and Coniah; see 2 Kings 24:12. He was carried away by Nebuchadnezzar; see 2 Kings 24:14.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The Jewish date. This verse and Ezekiel 1:3, which seem rather to interrupt the course of the narrative, may have been added by the prophet when he revised and put together the whole book. The word “captivity” (as in Ezekiel 1:1) refers to the “transportation” of the king and others from their native to foreign soil. This policy of settling a conquered people in lands distant from their home, begun by the Assyrians, was continued by the Persians and by…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin: The word of the Lord first came to Ezekiel in 593 BC. At that time, Judah was still partly independent (see Ezekiel Book Introduction, “Setting”). However, the Babylonians had already taken control of the nation in 597 BC. They had carried King Jehoiachin away into exile in Babylon. Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, ruled Judah as a vassal of Babylon from 597 to 586 BC. A vassal was a king who ruled under…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Jehoiachin's captivity--In the third or fourth year of Jehoiakim, father of Jehoiachin, the first carrying away of Jewish captives to Babylon took place, and among them was Daniel. The second was under Jehoiachin, when Ezekiel was carried away. The third and final one was at the taking of Jerusalem under Zedekiah.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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