# Ezekiel 1:28

> The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

— Ezekiel 1:28, 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

- Revelation 10:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/10/1
- Revelation 4:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/4/3
- Genesis 17:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/17/3
- Ezekiel 3:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/23
- Exodus 24:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/24/16
- Ezekiel 8:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/8/4
- Daniel 8:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/8/17
- Acts 9:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/28
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).