# Ezekiel 1:14

> The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.

— Ezekiel 1:14, 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

- Zechariah 4:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/4/10
- Matthew 24:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/24/27
- Psalms 147:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/147/15
- Daniel 9:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/9/21
- Matthew 24:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/24/31
- Mark 13:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/13/27
- Luke 17:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/17/24

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/14
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).