Ezekiel 1:2
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
American King James Version (AKJV)
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
American Standard Version (ASV)
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
Basic English Translation (BBE)
On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,
Webster's Revision
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
World English Bible
In the fifth [day] of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
English Revised Version (ERV)
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
Clarke's Ezekiel 1:2 Bible Commentary
Jehoiachin's captivity - Called also Jeconiah and Coniah; see 2 Kings 24:12. He was carried away by Nebuchadnezzar; see 2 Kings 24:14.
Barnes's Ezekiel 1:2 Bible Commentary
The 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 Alexander the Great. The Jews were specially selected for such settlements, and this was no doubt a Providential preparation for the Gospel, the dispersed Jews carrying with them the knowledge of the true God and the sacred Scriptures, and thus paving the way for the messengers of the kingdom of Christ.
Wesley's Ezekiel 1:2 Bible Commentary
1:2 The month - Thamus, as ver. 1 , answering to our June and July. Fifth year - This account observed will guide us in computing the times referred to ver. 1 .These five of Jehoiachin, and the eleven of his predecessor, added to fourteen of Josiah's reign, after he found the law, make up thirty years, ver. 1 .Jehoiachin - Who is also called Jechoniah, and Coniah. It may be of use to keep an account, when and where God has manifested himself to us in a peculiar manner. Remember, O my soul, what thou didst receive at such a time, at such a place: tell others what God did for thee.