# Ezekiel 1:13

> In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.

— Ezekiel 1:13, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 593 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Ezekiel 1:1-2 dates itself by the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, which the Babylonian Chronicle puts in 597 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- Psalms 104:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/104/4
- Revelation 4:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/4/5
- Genesis 15:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/17
- Ezekiel 1:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/7
- Daniel 10:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/10/5
- Matthew 28:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/28/3
- Revelation 10:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/10/1
- Revelation 18:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/18/1

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/13
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).