Ezekiel 1:2

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“In the fifthdayof the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In the fifth of the month--it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 1:2 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin 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.
  2. Ezekiel 8:1In 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.
  3. Ezekiel 20:1In 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.
  4. Ezekiel 29:1In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  5. Ezekiel 29:17In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  6. Ezekiel 31:1In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  7. Ezekiel 33:21In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
  8. Ezekiel 40:1In 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 took me there.

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