# Ezekiel 1:4

> I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,

— Ezekiel 1:4, 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

- Ezekiel 1:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/27
- Ezekiel 8:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/8/2
- Jeremiah 23:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/23/19
- Exodus 19:16-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/19/16
- Isaiah 21:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/1
- Jeremiah 1:13-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/13
- Jeremiah 25:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/25/32

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).