Ezequiel 20:1

Filipino Cebuano Bible

1 Ug nahitabo sa ikapito ka tuig, sa ikalima ka bulan , sa ikanapulo ka adlaw sa bulan, nga dihay pipila sa mga anciano sa Israel nga ming-abut aron sa pagpakisayud mahitungod kang Jehova, ug minglingkod sa akong atubangan.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3411, bc 593

in the seventh: The seventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and according to Usher, Monday, Aug. 27, 3411. Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 24:1, Ezekiel 26:1, Ezekiel 29:1, Ezekiel 29:17, Ezekiel 30:20, Ezekiel 31:1, Ezekiel 32:1, Ezekiel 40:1

that certain: Ezekiel 14:1-3, Ezekiel 33:30-33, 1 Kings 14:2-6, 1 Kings 22:15-28, 2 Kings 3:13, Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 58:2, Jeremiah 37:17, Matthew 22:16

and sat: Ezekiel 8:1, Luke 2:46, Luke 8:35, Luke 10:39, Acts 22:3

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 28:6 - inquired 1 Kings 22:5 - Inquire 2 Kings 6:32 - the elders 2 Kings 22:13 - inquire 2 Chronicles 34:21 - inquire Jeremiah 21:2 - Inquire Jeremiah 30:15 - for the Jeremiah 42:1 - came Ezekiel 2:3 - a rebellious nation Ezekiel 7:26 - then Ezekiel 8:12 - ancients Ezekiel 33:31 - as the people cometh

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in the seventh year,.... Of Zedekiah's reign, and of the captivity of Jeconiah; from whence the dates of Ezekiel's visions and prophecies are taken, Ezekiel 1:2; two years, one month, and five days, after Ezekiel began to prophesy, and eleven months and five days after the preceding prophecy:

in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month; the month Ab, which answers to our July and August; on this day afterwards Jerusalem was twice destroyed, first by the Chaldeans, and then by the Romans:

[that] certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord; by the prophet; these were either some of the elders that were carried captive, who came to inquire how long they should continue in this state; or what methods they should use to free themselves from it; or what they should do while they were in it; whether it would be advisable that they should conform to the customs of the Heathens among whom they were; or what would be the case of those that were left in Judea: or else these were sent by Zedekiah to pay the king of Babylon his tax, or to negotiate some affair with him relating to the captives; and who took this opportunity of consulting the Lord by the prophet what methods should be taken to throw off the yoke, and to know what was the mind of God in it; but these things are uncertain, as are also the persons the inquirers; though the Jews say e they were Ananias, Azarias, and Misael; which is not probable, since they were good men, whereas these seem to be hypocritical persons:

and sat before me; with great seriousness and devotion seemingly, waiting for an answer.

e Seder Olam Rabba apud Abarbinel in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The elders of Israel - These were as in Ezekiel 14:1, some of Ezekiel’s fellow-exiles, designated in general terms by the name of Israel, though more properly belonging to the kingdom of Judah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XX

A deputation of the elders of Israel, as usual, in their

distress, came to request Ezekiel to ask counsel of God, 1.

In reply to this, God commands the prophet to put them in mind

of their rebellion and idolatry: In Egypt, 2-9,

in the wilderness, 10-27,

and in Canaan, 28-32.

Notwithstanding which the Lord most graciously promises to

restore them to their own land, after they should be purged

from their dross, 33-44.

The five last verses of this chapter ought to begin the next,

as they are connected with the subject of that chapter, being a

prophecy against Jerusalem, which lay to the south of Chaldea,

where the prophet then was, and which here and elsewhere is

represented under the emblem of a forest doomed to be destroyed

by fire, 45-49.

NOTES ON CHAP. XX

Verse Ezekiel 20:1. In the seventh year — Of the captivity of Jeconiah, (see Ezekiel 8:1,) and the seventh of the reign of Zedekiah.

The fifth month, the tenth day — That is, according to Abp. Usher, Monday, August 27, A.M. 3411.

Certain of the elders of Israel — What these came to inquire about is not known. They were doubtless hypocrites and deceivers, from the manner in which God commands the prophet to treat them. It seems to have been such a deputation of elders as those mentioned Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 14:1.