# Ezekiel 1:7

> Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

— Ezekiel 1:7, 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 1:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/1/15
- Daniel 10:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/10/6
- Psalms 104:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/104/4
- Ezekiel 1:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/13

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).