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Ezekiel 40:1

Ezekiel 40:1
In 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 that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity,.... That is, from Jeconiah's captivity, from whence this prophet begins his dates: he calls it our captivity, because he himself was then carried…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In the first and twentieth year - This was the fiftieth year from the 18th of Josiah, the year of his memorable Passover 2Ki 23:22. See the Eze 1:1 note. If that was a jubilee year, which is highly…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity - According to the date here given, this prophecy was delivered on Tuesday, April 20, A.M. 3430, in the twenty-fifth year of the captivity of Jeconiah,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 40:1-4

Here is, 1. The date of this vision. It was in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity (Eze 40:1), which some compute to be the thirty-third year of the first captivity, and is here said to be…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Ezekiel 40:1-27

Eze 40:1-27. The outer gateway and court

In the 25th year of Jehoiachin's captivity, which was the 14th year after the fall of the city (b.c. 572), the prophet fell into a prophetic trance (Eze…