King James Version
Ezekiel 1:2 in the King James Version says “In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,”
Ezekiel 1:2 · KJV
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day 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. captives: Heb. captivity
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
The word of the LORD came expressly unto 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. Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel
And 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 out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. infolding: Heb. catching itself
KJV Study — Public Domain
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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