# Ezekiel 2:3

> “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

— Ezekiel 2:3, 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

- Jeremiah 3:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/3/25
- 1 Samuel 8:7-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/8/7
- Deuteronomy 9:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/9/24
- Daniel 9:5-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/9/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/2/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).