Ezekiel 1:2 “On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of Ki…”

Ezekiel 1:2

On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,

World English Bible

In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,

American Standard Version

In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,

Geneva Bible 1599

In the fift day of the moneth (which was the fift yere of King Ioiachins captiuitie)

Darby Translation

On the fifth of the month, (it was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,)

Young's Literal Translation

In the fifth of the month — it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin —

Bible in Basic English

On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,

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Cross references

“In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,”

2 Kings 24:12–15 Ezekiel 8:1 Ezekiel 20:1 Ezekiel 40:1 Ezekiel 29:17 Ezekiel 29:1

2 Kings 24:12–15 · BSB

Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

Ezekiel 8:1 · BSB

In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.

Ezekiel 20:1 · BSB

In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

Ezekiel 40:1 · BSB

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He too…

Ezekiel 29:17 · BSB

In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 29:1 · BSB

In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

3the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

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