# Ezekiel 1:3

> the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

— Ezekiel 1:3, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Chebar** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/chebar
- **Chaldea** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/chaldea

## 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

- Ezekiel 3:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/14
- Ezekiel 3:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/22
- 1 Kings 18:46 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/18/46
- 2 Kings 3:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/3/15
- Ezekiel 8:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/8/1
- Ezekiel 33:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/33/22
- Ezekiel 37:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/37/1
- Ezekiel 40:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/40/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).